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Category Archives: Centenary
Bishop Paul Colton unveils RMS Leinster Memorial with a County Cork Connection
In a very wet day on Saturday 13th October, on a hillside near Courtmacsherry, County Cork, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, unveiled a memorial to Henrietta and Ida Howell, two sisters who lived at Ballycullinane in that parish, … Continue reading
Sinking of RMS Leinster on 10th October 1918 to be Commemorated by Bishop Paul Colton in Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork
10th October 2018 marks the centenary of the worst ever recorded maritime disaster in the Irish Sea. The RMS Leinster was sunk on this day at around 10 a.m. by a German U-boat – UB-123 – near the Kish Bank, … Continue reading
The Spanish Flu and the First World War Remembered in West Cork Church of Ireland Parish
On Sunday, 7th October, the centenaries of both the second wave of the ‘Spanish’ Flu and the approach of the end of the First World War were remembered in a remote and fairly neglected graveyard on a hillside, at Maulinward … Continue reading
300th Anniversary of Building of Church Tower in Cork Parish
To mark the three hundredth anniversary of the building of the church tower in St Martin’s, Templemartin, Moviddy Union of Parishes (in the Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross), Mr Colin Nicholls, parishioner and former organist in St Fin Barre’s … Continue reading
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County Mayor, Two Bishops of Cork and President of GAA to Join Dunmanway Community for Opening of Sam Maguire Community Bells Project
On Saturday next, at 9th September in the St Mary’s Church of Ireland Church, Dunmanway, County Cork the completion of a unique community project will be celebrated in the presence the Mayor of Cork County, the two Bishops of Cork, … Continue reading
Eight Bells in Memory of Sam Maguire in St Mary’s Church, Dunmanway
A truly unusual and historic community project is under way in Dunmanway, County Cork, based at the Church of Ireland parish church – Saint Mary’s – and started by the local rector, the Reverend Cliff Jeffers. Eight bells, to be … Continue reading
Bishop Paul Colton Delivers Remembrance Sunday Oration at Cork War Memorial
At the invitation of the Cork Branch of the Royal British Legion, the Bishop of Cork, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, delivered an oration at the Cork War Memorial, South Mall, Cork on Sunday, 13th November. The occasion was Remembrance … Continue reading
