RELIGION – History Ireland

CORPUS CHRISTI IN CORK

By Antóin O’Callaghan In Cork during the early years of the twentieth century the feast of Corpus Christi was normally celebrated within the confines of church buildings and adjacent grounds. At St Vincent’s in Sunday’s Well, the faithful walked in procession from the main altar to an outside courtyard and around a statue of St … Read more

ST VINCENT’S CHURCH AND THE VINCENTIANS IN CORK

By Antóin O’Callaghan On the north-western hills overlooking Cork city stands St Vincent’s Church, Sunday’s Well, home to the Vincentian Order until their departure from the city in 2016. Opened in 1856, the building of St Vincent’s began in the years following Catholic Emancipation, and the rising structure became a powerful symbol of the growing … Read more