About Us


Welcome to St. Patrick’s Church in the parish of Clonleigh, Lifford.
This website is another way of keeping our community up to date with articles from the parish newsletter, events and dates concerning the parish for your diary.

So, if you’re unable to attend mass and collect the newsletter, maybe you’re living / working / studying away from the parish, then hopefully this will be another avenue to touch base with home and our own community. On behalf of Fr. Colm O’Doherty PP, welcome to the Clonleigh Parish Website. We’re glad to have you.


St. Patrick’s Church is a Roman Catholic Church situated outside the Donegal county town of Lifford in the townland of Lifford Common.

The Church is part of the Derry Diocese. Currently, it has a congregation of roughly 2,000 followers. The current administrator is Father Colm O’Doherty PP.

St. Patrick’s Church was rebuilt and completed in 1964. If you would like to read more about the history of the church itself, you can click on our History link.

Currently there are three national schools operating in our parish. They are:

Lifford National School
(Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál)

Murlog National School
(Scoil Naomh Padraig)

Cloughfin National School.
(Scoil Naomh Colmcille)



Principals and contact details for each of the schools can be found in the ‘Contact Us‘ link on this site.

COMMUNITY CENTRE
Booking the hall can be made through the parish office.