Emigrant returns from Australia to fund North Cork heritage centre

A man who emigrated to Australia, but who never forgot his roots, has come back to check on the progress of a project in Co Cork which sees a former church turned into a clan heritage centre.

When John Paul , modern day chieftain of the McAuliffe Clan in north-west Cork, said in 2012 that he and his family would restore the former Church of Ireland building in Newmarket as a clan heritage centre locals were thrilled.

However, some then expressed the fear that the project was too big a financial burden for the Sydney-based family to bear — but now they can see that it’s coming to fruition.