Category Archives: Faith and Service

Cork Church of Ireland Charity to feature in DIY SOS Bigger Build Ireland Christmas Special

DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, the show that rebuilds people’s lives by rebuilding their homes is back for a Christmas special featuring the six houses owned by the Kingston Charity Trust in Mitchelstown in the Church of Ireland Dioceses … Continue reading

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‘Protestant Aid’ boost of €50,000 for Kingston College Houses for Ukrainian Refugees in Mitchelstown, County Cork.

Protestant Aid, which was established 180 years to alleviate deprivation in Ireland regardless of religious, ethnic or social backgrounds, has donated €50,000 for the refurbishment of houses for Ukrainian refugees at Kingston College, Mitchelstown, County Cork. Expressing delight, on behalf … Continue reading

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Medical Supplies Head from Cork into Ukraine with Support from Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Today, Tuesday 8th March, at 2 p.m. 5 van loads carrying 13 tonnes of medical supplies and aid contributed by Cork people and organisations in Cork will depart for Ukraine, driven by a team from the Cork City Missing Persons … Continue reading

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World Refugee Day in Carrigaline Parish, County Cork

Carrigaline Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork has recently begun the process to become a Church of Sanctuary (within the Places of Sanctuary movement). On Sunday 20th June, World Refugee Day, the parish welcomed Fiona Finn, the CEO … Continue reading

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Retirement of Long-Serving County Cork Church Organist

Late last year – 2020 – Mrs Freda Salter Townshend – organist in the Church of Saint Barrahane, Castletownshend, County Cork for the previous 21 years, retired. From 2004 Freda was also organist in Abbeystrewry Parish Church in Skibbereen. Before … Continue reading

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