Category Archives: Heritage

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

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

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 →

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150th Anniversary of Holy Trinity Church, Crosshaven ~ Templebreedy

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

On the afternoon of Trinity Sunday, 27th May, Templebreedy Church – Holy Trinity Church, Crosshaven – was full for the celebration of the sesquicentenary (150 years) of the consecration of the Church.  The church building was designed by William Burges, … Continue reading →

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Cork’s ‘Goldie Fish’ Comes Face to Face with a Lofty Crane

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Cork’s ‘goldie fish’  – the distinctive salmon weather vane atop Saint Anne’s Church, Shandon in Cork – had company on Thursday 26th April.  A crane rose to lofty heights to repair the lead flashing on the dome of Shandon, Cork’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

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

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 →

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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 Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

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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