Our
lady of Fatima, the Chapel was
established in 1950 and built at No.75
Millerfield Road in 1953.
.
Following
consultation with the Council of Priests for the
Archdiocese, Archbishop Conti decided to close
'Our Lady of Fatima' churchand
parish in Dalmarnock in January 2004.
Founded in 1950 from the Eastern area of Sacred
Heart and the southern tip of St. Michael's,
Parkhead the majority of the boundaries of Our
Lady of Fatima parish have been returned to
Sacred Heart. At Sunday mass on the 1st February
2004 the parishioners of Our Lady of Fatima
joined with their new fellow parishioners at Sacred Heart
chapel in Old Dalmarnock Road, Bridgeton.
The
parish priest in Our Lady of Fatima chapel in
1983 was Fr. John O'Hagen
The
parish priest in Our Lady of Fatima chapel
in 1997- was Fr. Jim Lawlor
View
from junction Springfield Rd looking into
Millerfield
Road.
2003
................Extracts
from the GlescaPals messageboard......
July 2004, GlescaPal, Carlin,
Fife , Scotland Where the chapel now stands in Millerfield Road
was ca'd "The Brickie Park" when ah lived in
Sunnybank Street - ah don't know whit wiz oan
that site afore then....
July 2004, GlescaPal, Davy,
Leicester, England Sad to see the old "Fatima" up for sale, I mean
how can you sell a chapel ! I was
privileged to be captain of Our Lady of
Fatima football team and played when we
won the League in 1965. My Father, Davy Reilly
was once a doorman at the Millerfield social
club and was so strict he wouldn't let my
brother in because he wasn't a member. He too
was buried out of the Chapel in 1991.
July 2004, GlescaPal, Charlie
McDonald, Glasgow, Scotland The Fatima aka the Millerfield Club was a
favourite waatering hole of mine in the late
1970's on a Sunday night...spent many a good
night down there with the members of my fitba
team. They done a lot of good work at the time
especially in raising money for the operation of
the 'Boy David' who was found in the South
American Jungle and operated on by Dr.Jackson a
former pupil of Eastbank Academy.
July 2004, GlescaPal, Nell,
London, England Hello Webmaister....ma Mammy wiz buried oot
of Fatima Chapel, at that time it was
a wee young priest, who seemed quite nice, a
canny remember his name, ma Mammy died on 2nd
August 2000, Thanks fur the photies
Webmaister, nice photies, belies the state of
the place away fae the chapel. By the way
there used tae be a wee chapel club therr and
ma Mammy and Stepda used tae go in therr fur a
wee drink and a wee sing song, but that shut
doon years ago.
Aw ra Best
2nd Aug. 2007,
GlescaPal, Nell, London, England
this is a photy of ma Mammy,
Jessie Cairney (nee McKay),
her second married name was
Fitzsimmons.
This photy was taken not long
before she died.
I still miss her every
day......