A journey of faith and discovery in the Church of Ireland

MY EARLIEST MEMORIES are of walking from the rectory through the church grounds to morning service on Sundays in rural Co. Armagh. There was no electricity in the area until 1956 so my early memories of the great church occasions of Christmas, Easter and Harvest Thanksgiving include the hissing of tilley lamps. Since those early childhood days as the only “child of the rectory”, the Church of Ireland has been an integral part of my life.

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Brenda Sheil

a lawyer by profession, has served the Church of Ireland at parish, diocesan, national and international level, with many years as lay honorary secretary of General Synod. In 2008 she was made a lay canon of Armagh Cathedral as Canon Lady Sheil.