When we hear the word ‘temple’, the obvious connotation is that
of a place of worship in Asian culture. We hear of Hindu, Buddhist
and Jain temples in India and elsewhere. But the word ‘temple’
only means a structure reserved for religious and spiritual
activities, and it transcends culture. Thus we have the Temple of
Hephaestus and the Parthenon in ancient Athens, The Luxor
Temple in Egypt. The church of people of the Mormon Faith is
usually called a temple.
But the temple described here was built in Londonderry, in
Northern Ireland and stood in the Republican Catholic enclave on
the Loyalist Protestant side of the town. The river Foyle splits the
city into a Protestant east bank and a Catholic west bank.
The interior view of a temple
View of the temple from