St Patrick's in the Cowgate

Built in the early eighteenth century as an Episcopal Church - now one of the best loved RC Churches in Scotland.    The facade dates from the 1920's.

The Cowgate was a very poor part of the city.

Notables:    Hibernian Football Club was founded in 1875 by the parish priest of the time - Canon Hannon.   He was also the first manager. 

The body of the Venerable Margaret Sinclair was moved from a local cemetery to its own shrine here a few years ago.   ( I had coffee this week with the funeral director responsible for the task.)     Margaret was a parishioner of St Patrick's, a simple and devout factory worker who became a num.    She is close to canonisation they say.