Cork, IE

Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church, also known as Father Mathew Memorial Church, is a Roman Catholic church belonging to the Capuchin Friars Minor order. The church was built in the Regency Gothic style between 1832 and 1890. This long period was due to the great famine (1845-1852). Theobald Mathew, from whom the name of the church is derived, arrived in Cork in 1814 and worked hard to improve the conditions of the city's poor and initiated the present church. However, Father Matthew never saw the building completed as he died in 1856.

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Key Features

  • Architecture

Visitors information

  • Bus stop within 100m
  • On street parking at the building
  • Café within 500m

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St. Francis Church

St. Francis Church is a Franciscan church opened and consecrated in 1953 after the old 19th-century church was considered unsafe. The new church was designed by the architects A. E. Jones in the Byzantine style. The construction of the new church was soon followed by the construction of the new convent.

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St Mary's Church

The Roman church of St Mary's Priory was built in 1832, but the recognisable hexastyle Ionic portico was not added until 1861. The church was designed by Cork architect Kearns Deane, and the portico was added by architects Deane and Woodward. The imposing scale of the building makes it a notable addition to the docks. This church is part of a group of Roman Catholic buildings with the priory buildings to the north.

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