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Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne

This is the neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral, opened in 1808.

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Address: Roman St T23 NX76
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30AM-4:30PM, Fri 8:30AM-3:30PM
Website: corkcathedral.ie (opens in a new tab)

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Church of St Anne, Shandon
Shandon Bells
Shandon is the neighbourhood climbing the hill along the old road to Mallow. This Church of Ireland (Anglican) church was built in 1722; the famously inaccurate clock on its tower became known as "the four-faced liar". The church is best known for the eight "bells of Shandon that sound so grand on / the pleasant waters of the River Lee" as the 19th century ballad has it. (Who but Francis Mahony aka "Father Prout" would have dared rhyme Moscow with kiosk-o?) St Anne's bells are hung "dead" and rung by an Ellacombe apparatus. The most sonorous peel of bells is from change-ringing, which rotates them through 360°, but this demands skill and is sometimes impractical to build. It also incites scandalous behaviour, according to the Rev Henry Thomas Ellacombe of Gloucestershire, who in 1821 devised a mechanism whereby hammers struck stationary bells as resolutely as they would strike down temptation to sin. St Anne's is one of the two dozen churches in Britain and Ireland that still have functioning apparatus, and visitors can ding the bells from the tower first floor. There are 132 steps to the tower balcony, with a narrow squeeze as you clamber through the belfry, hoping that the group below doesn't choose that moment to start chiming.
Mar-May Oct: Mon-Sat 10AM-4PM, Sun 11:30AM-4PM; Jun-Sep: Mon-Sat 10AM-5PM, Sun 11:30AM-4:30PM; Nov-Feb: daily 11AM-3PMChurch free, tower adult €5, child €2, conc €4
Drink
The Bierhaus
Great selection of beers, new offerings monthly.
Mon–Thu 3-11:30PM, Fri 3PM-12:30AM, Sat 1PM–12:30AM, Sun 1-11PM
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Crawford Art Gallery
The permanent collection includes paintings by Jack Yeats and Sean Keating, and a series of plaster casts of classical statues, which King George IV found tedious. The gallery is closed until mid- 2028 for rebuilding.
Drink
Sin é
Trad pub since 1889, when there was a funeral parlour next door; Sin é means "that's it." In the 20th century the pub was the queue for the barbers shop upstairs. It's kept its atmosphere and has live trad music every night. No food served, but you can bring in cold bites, no hot food allowed.
Sun–Thu 12:30–11:30PM, Fri Sat 12:30PM–12:30AM