IT may be 1,400 years since his death but the popularity of Cork’s patron saint endures!More than 2,500 people turned out at Gougane Barra for a special mass held by Bishop of Cork & Ross Fintan Gavin at the famed oratory. Gougane Barra has always been a place of prayer an
The patron saint of Cork city, St. Finbar or St Fin Barre, died in 623 AD and a series of events to mark the 1400th anniversary of his passing is to get underway in the Church of Ireland cathedral bearing his name in Cork City on Culture Night, September 22.
By Olivia Kelleher and Kieran O’MahonyTRIBUTES have been paid to seven-year-old Emily Roman from Crosshaven who tragically drowned at Fountainstown Beach on Tuesday afternoon.The second class pupil of Templebreedy National School and a twin to brother Jeremy, was swept out to