George Eogan Centre
Nobber
The George Eogan Cultural and Heritage Centre is located in the heart of Nobber village in north county Meath. The centre is housed in what was
formerly known as the “Old Church”, a Church of Ireland place of worship built in 1771 and deconsecrated in 1980. Adjacent to the centre is the
ancient St. John’s Cemetery, an early medieval ecclesiastical site dating from the first millennium.
Over the years the Old Church and the
cemetery had become neglected and uncared for. In 2004, St. John’s Old Cemetery Restoration Group was formed and became a registered charity
made up entirely of volunteers from the local community. The committee’s main objectives are the conservation, restoration and maintenance of St.
John’s Old Cemetery and the development of a heritage centre in the Old Church.
Since 2004 the St. John's committee has successfully transformed
both the neglected church and cemetery into a well-maintained and sensitively restored historic site.