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.
St. Anne's Church of Cork is one of the landmarks of the city, with its bells being made famous in a 19th-century song. The church is most noted for its bell tower and its mixture of red stone and limestone. It was completed in its present form in 1726.
The Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne is the Catholic cathedral in Cork. It was built in 1808 in the Neo-Gothic style and was badly damaged by fire in 1820. Restoration was carried out by George Richard Pain in 1818. In 1964 the cathedral church complex was enlarged and the tower, which reaches a height of 80 metres, was built.
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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