Christ Church, Kilbrogan

Christ Church
Christ Church
	Christ Church
	51°45′0.2″N8°43′48.1″W / 51.750056°N 8.730028°W
Country	Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Architecture
Completed	c. 1610

Last updated September 24, 2024

Christ Church is a deconsecrated Anglican church located in Kilbrogan, Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. The oldest surviving post-Reformation Protestant church in Ireland, it was completed circa 1610. It is dedicated to Jesus Christ, and was part of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. It is currently in use as the West Cork Heritage Centre.

History

The oldest church in Bandon, Christ Church is also the earliest surviving post-Reformation purpose-built Protestant church in Ireland, having been built by English settlers when they founded the town of Bandon.^[1]^[2] A chancel and transepts were added by the 1st Earl of Cork in 1625.^[1]

Between 1855 and 1856, the church was expanded and remodelled in the Early English style by Joseph Welland.^[1] During this time a new window, organ, tower, and spire were also added.^[3]

The church was deconsecrated in 1973.^[2] Upon its closure, most of its fittings were removed and transferred to the larger Anglican church in Bandon, St Peter's Church.^[1]

Architecture

The church was described as being among the finest Protestant churches in Ireland in 1933.^[4]

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Keohane 2020, p. 246.
1 2 "Christ Church, COOLFADDA, Bandon, CORK". NIAH. 3 June 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
↑ "CO. CORK, BANDON, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, KILBROGAN PARISH)". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
↑ Ó Ríordáin 1933, p. 18.

Sources

Keohane, Frank (2020). The Buildings of Ireland: Cork City and County. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-300-22487-0.
Ó Ríordáin, Seán P (1933). "The place names and antiquities of Kinalmeaky barony, Co. Cork (contd)" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 38 (147): 16–19.

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[FOOTNOTEKeohane2020246-1] 1 2 3 4 Keohane 2020, p. 246.

[:0-2] 1 2 "Christ Church, COOLFADDA, Bandon, CORK". NIAH. 3 June 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

[3] "CO. CORK, BANDON, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, KILBROGAN PARISH)". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

[FOOTNOTEÓ_Ríordáin193318-4] Ó Ríordáin 1933, p. 18.

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