Category Archives: Church History

Video Clip of the Cork, Cloyne and Ross Re-enactment of the General Convention 1870

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

Way back in February, long before people had to stop gathering because of the Novel Coronavirus, students from Ashton School, Cork, Bandon Grammar School, and Midleton College were enlisted by the their school chaplains – Drew Ruttle, the Reverend Anne … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton School, Bandon Grammar School, Bishop, Bishops of Cork, Chaplaincies, Church History, Commemoration, Diocese, Disestablishment, Drama, Media and Communications, Midleton College, People from Cork, People from the Diocese, Sesquicentenary, Special Events, Students, Youth Work

Photos of the 150th Anniversary of Disestablishment in Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

The 150th anniversary of the reading for the first time in February 1870 of the Preamble and Declaration to the Constitution of the Church of Ireladn was re-enacted in Cork on Monday, 24th February by students from Ashton School, Bandon … Continue reading →

Posted in Anglicanism, Anniversaries, Ashton School, Bandon Grammar School, Bishop, Bishops of Cork, Cathedral, Church History, Church of Ireland, Commemoration, Diocese, Disestablishment, Drama, Midleton College, People from Cork, People from the Diocese, Preamble and Declaration

Defining Church of Ireland Moment in 1870 re-enacted in Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

Today, in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, young people from Ashton School, Bandon Grammar School and Midleton College, accepted the invitation of the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, to join him, some of the clergy of the Diocese, Dr … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton School, Bandon Grammar School, Bishops of Cork, Cathedral, Church History, Church of Ireland, Commemoration, Diocese, Disestablishment, Drama, Midleton College, People from Cork, People from the Diocese, Preamble and Declaration, Schools in the Diocese, Sesquicentenary

Cork Re-enactment of an Historic Day in the Life of the Church of Ireland: 19th February 1870

Posted on February 19, 2020 by

In the coming days, an historic and defining moment in the history of the Church of Ireland will be re-enacted in Cork, as a contribution by the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocesan to the current 150th anniversary … Continue reading →

Posted in Bishop, Bishops of Cork, Cathedral, Church History, Church of Ireland, Commemoration, Disestablishment, Drama, Heritage, History, Schools in the Diocese, Sesquicentenary, Youth Work

‘Victoria’ screenwriter, Daisy Goodwin, with West Cork church connections, announced as final speaker for West Cork History Festival

Posted on July 21, 2019 by

The closing speaker of the 2019 West Cork History Festival will be screenwriter and novelist Daisy Goodwin, who wrote the hugely popular TV series Victoria on the life of Queen Victoria. Daisy will speak about writing Victoria and her own West Cork … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Centenaries in Ireland, Church History, Church in Society, Community Involvement, Education, Festivals, Heritage, History, West Cork History Festival