Category Archives: Bicentenary

Two County Cork Churches Celebrate Bicentenaries

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

During the month of September, two churches in the Church of Ireland United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, celebrated their bicentenaries: 200 years of the present church buildings in communities where Christian faith, worship and service stretches back many … Continue reading →

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Pilgrimage from St Senan’s, Inniscarra, County Cork to Slattery Island

Posted on May 23, 2019 by

This year marks the 200th anniversary of St Senan’s Chruch, Inniscarra, in the River Lee valley, County Cork. Recently, as part of the bicentenary celebrations the parish went on pilgrimage to Scattery Island led by the Reverend Robert Ferris.  St … Continue reading →

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Bicentenary of St Brendan’s Church, Bantry

Posted on October 9, 2018 by

The foundation stone of the Church of Ireland parish Church in Bantry, County Cork was laid two hundred years ago this month on 23rd October, 1818.  To mark the millennium in 2000, the Church was dedicated afresh as the Church … Continue reading →

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Cork Church of Ireland Marks the Bicentenary of the Birth of George Boole, Father of the Information Age

Posted on November 2, 2015 by

On Sunday, 1st November – All Saints’ Sunday – the bicentenary of the birth (on 2nd November, 1815) of George Boole, first Professor of Mathematics at University College, Cork, was commemorated at the Sunday morning Eucharist at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork. … Continue reading →

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200 Years of Prayer and Praise at Saint Luke’s Church, Knockmourne, County Cork

Posted on June 18, 2015 by

The parishioners and community in north-east County Cork had a wonderfully uplifting time at St Luke’s Knockmourne over the weekend of the 5th to 7th of June when they celebrated the bicentenary of the church. On the Friday evening the church was open to show … Continue reading →

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