Category Archives: Organist

Celebrity Organ Recital – Naji Hakim at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral

Posted on September 12, 2023 by mediaccr

This year the organ of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral will be ten years old, or more correctly it is ten years since the Irish organ builder Trevor Crowe gave the existing organ a full rebuild and added significantly to its … Continue reading →

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August Organ Recitals at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral

Posted on August 3, 2023 by mediaccr

There will be organ recitals at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral every Friday at 1.10pm during the month of August. 4th August – Arthur Greene from Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 11th August – David Grealy from Leeds Cathedral, UK 18th August … Continue reading →

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New Assistant Director of Music at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork

Posted on March 27, 2023 by mediaccr

St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork welcomed their new Assistant Director of Music on Sunday 19th March 2023. Matthew Breen is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and joins the cathedral after having been senior organ scholar of … Continue reading →

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Retirement of Long-Serving County Cork Church Organist

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

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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Busy Summer Months in Cork, Cloyne and Ross ~ a Season in Photos

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

In Ireland’s most southerly Church of Ireland Diocese,  Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the summer holiday months of June, July and August, are one of the busiest times of the year.  ‘Summer only’ churches in holiday villages open up.  Tourists drop … Continue reading →

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