With the coming of the Augustinians, Kiltubrid came under the jurisdiction of the priory of Canous Regular of the Augustine of Mohill. By this time the church at Kiltubrid seems to have become quite a large "monastic" settlement with fairly extensive lands. From various carved stones found, the original church must have been enlarged, if not rebuilt. The lands were granted to a branch of the Slack family and during penal times, the church was partly demolished and the well fitted in. The house had adjoining it a much older building, generally thought to have belonged to a monastic settlement. The source of much of this information comes from the diaries of Adelia Mayone West, a great granddaughter of Angel Anna Slack. According to A M West, when she was last in Annadale, the church ruins were still standing and the burial ground was still being used as late as 1859, when it was apparently closed. It seems that burials continued as late as 1910 in Kiltubrid. Both members of the Catholic church and Church of Ireland were buried in Kiltubrid and probably continued to be so even after the building of the church of Ireland in 1785 and the Catholic St Brigids in Drumcong.

During famine times, many people were buried here in graves. For many years the graveyard had been neglected and now it has been cleaned, stones re-erected, the wall rebuilt and the gates repaired and rehung. The people burned here, are part of our history, but not forgotten. The death register in the parish gives little indication of the number who died in famine year. The majority of people who died were buried without a priest knowing it.

St. Brigid's Church

By 1750, the worst excesses of the penal laws were over.As a result the Catholic church came out of hiding. They had to look for a new "home"for their church. On a site, between the present school and the parish priest's house, a small chapel with wattled walls and a thatched roof was built. This served the community for at least a generation until the new St.Brigids Church was build in 1781.This site was given by George Reynolds, of the Reynolds family at Letterfine House. In 1827, improvements were carried out on the church. In 1800, it is estimated there was approximately 4,000 people, the majority of whom were Catholics living in the parish. It is estimated that in 1845, on the eve of the famine, there were about 8,000 people in Kiltubrid. Six years later, this number had dropped to 5,287.

At the beginning of 1890, Fr.Brennan, the parish priest, embarked on an ambitious project to completely renovate St.Brigids Church and to change it from being a small church into a large cruciform church. It was rededicated by Dr.Woodlock, the bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, on October 11th 1891. By the early 1970's, the condition of St. Brigids church was a source of concern, especially the condition of the roof. It was deemed unsafe. There was a need for major renovations inside, to bring it into line with the liturgical requirements of Vatican Two.

A decision was made to build a new church beside the old St. Brigids church. Fund raising began in 1973. Noel Mc Aree, the architect designed a cruciform pre-cast building. Work was completed in 1974. Now the two churches, the old and new St. Brigids churches, stand side by side and for the first time since 1781, the old church is not being used as a place of worship. Fr. Micheal Rigney, came to the parish in 1990 and he quickly recognised the potential of the old St. Brigids Church. After a period of consultation, it was decided to restore the old and historic church of St Brigids.