St. Finbarr's South Church

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St. Finbarr's South
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Facade and entrance to St Finbarr's South Church
St. Finbarr's South Church
51°53′39″N8°28′18″W / 51.8943°N 8.4716°W / 51.8943; -8.4716
LocationDunbar Street, Cork
CountryIreland
Denomination Catholic
History
Dedication Finbar of Cork
Architecture
Years built1766 (main structure), 1809 (transept added)
Administration
Diocese Cork and Ross
Church altar, with John Hogan's The Dead Christ and John O'Keeffe's Crucifixion Altar, The Dead Christ, St. Finbarr's South Church, Cork City.JPG
Church altar, with John Hogan's The Dead Christ and John O'Keeffe's Crucifixion

St. Finbarr's South, also known as the South Chapel, is an 18th century church in Cork in Ireland. [1] Constructed in 1766 as the "first Catholic church built in Cork since before the Reformation", [2] the Penal-era church was deliberately built to be relatively unimposing. [3] [4] It is the oldest Catholic church still in use in Cork city, [4] [5] and is the parish church of St Finbarr's South parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross. [6] The church is included in the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Cork City Council. [7]

Built of local limestone and red sandstone, [8] the church was commissioned by the then parish priest, Daniel Albert O'Brien, to replace an existing thatched building. [9] O'Brien, who had been appointed as parish priest and vicar general in 1760 by the then Bishop of Cork, Richard Walsh, was a member of the Dominican Order. [2] O'Brien was succeeded as parish priest, in 1774, by Francis Moylan (later Bishop of Cork). [9]

Originally built to an "L" shape, [5] the church was extended and an additional transept was added in 1809. [1] The main altar holds a statue, known as The Dead Christ , which was sculpted by John Hogan (1800–1858). [8] A painting of the crucifixion, behind the altar, is attributed by some sources to the artist John O'Keeffe (c.1797–1838). [10] The church was further extended in the 1860s, and additional work undertaken on the altar, in the 1870s, by ecclesiastical architect George Goldie (1828–1887). [2]

Notable parishioners include John Stanislaus Joyce, who was baptised in the church in 1849. [11] Other former parishioners include educator Nano Nagle, hospital founder Mary Aikenhead, military general Daniel O'Leary, sculptor John Hogan and Arctic explorer Jerome Collins. [12]

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  3. "Cork Walks - South Parish" (PDF). corkcity.ie. Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 February 2024. When the South Chapel was built during the Penal Times in 1766 it would have been tucked away at the end of this lane and also set back from the front of the lane so as to be as inconspicuous as possible
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