St. Malachy's Church, Muscatine County, Iowa

The parish of St. Malachy's of Ardon was started in 1856 by Irish Catholic families who had been driven from Ireland by the potato famine. They built a small brick church that was named after a 12th century Bishop of Ireland, St. Malachy. In 1902, due to overflowing attendance, they replaced the brick church with this frame church.

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