Last Sunday, 13th July 2025, Bishop Deon Johnson was the preacher for the popular Compline Service at St Brendan’s Church, Crookhaven. Bishop Johnson is currently a guest of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and is spending part of his sabbatical in Schull.

The most southerly chapel in Ireland, St Brendan’s Church in Crookhaven, resumed its late-evening service of Compline every Sunday in July and August. The services will begin at 8.30pm and the small stone chapel, which was built in 1717, welcomes all denominations and anyone who is on holidays or visiting West Cork. Following is the list of guest preacher for each upcoming service in 2025:

July 20th: the Very Rev. Cliff Jeffers (Dean of Ross)

July 27th: the Rev. Damien O’Cathain (Rector of Castlepollard & Oldcastle Union)

August 3rd: Baroness Julia Neuberger (Member of the House of Lords and retired senior Rabbi of the West London Synagogue)

August 10th: the Rev. Canon Denis McCarthy (Bandon Union)

August 17th: the Very Revd. Chris Peters (Retired Dean of Ross)

August 24th: the Rev. Gary Philbrick (Vicar, St Paul’s, Weston-super-Mare)

August 31st: Denise Stobart (Doctoral Researcher at University College Cork)