Every cathedral and main church has an Aumbry, a special chamber to store the Holy Oils that are used for Baptism, for Confirmation and for the Anointing of the Sick.

The thought of having this item put into place has been around for a number of years now.  The plans for it have been drawn up in the last eighteen months.

The design is based on the Holy Water fonts that are in the entrance halls to either side of the main entrance of St Michael's Church.  It has been designed by the Architect, Ciaran Mullarkey, of Mullarkey Pedersen Architects, Derry.  Ciaran is the son of Tom Mullarkey (originally from Roslea) who oversaw the refurbishment of St Michael's in 1995 and who designed and oversaw the placing of the spire on St Michael's Church in 2000.

The work has been undertaken by Tracey Brothers, who have had a long association with St Michael's, undertaking the work of refurbishment in recent years.

The stone work has been supplied by the Feely Stone Company of Boyle, Co Roscommon.

Paul Keenan is doing the electrical work associated with the project. 

The Aumbry will be commissioned and blessed, probably at a Saturday morning sometime in the not-too-distant future.

Plans can be viewed clicking on this link (pdf 1MB).