Built in 1880 from what appears to be black basalt.
St Columban was an Irish monk from the 6th century AD. He was a teacher and a great travelling missionary, founding monasteries all over Europe, which at that time was most of the known world. The first settlers to Cudal may well have been poor Irish immigrants, who would have felt some affinity with their compatriot itinerant saint. The church they built may be crude and small, but it is well-maintained, and there are enough parishioners in this little community to hold weekly services in it, so it is still doing the job it was built for.
