During the COVID pandemic Barryroe parishioner Denis O'Regan composed a new setting of the liturgy of the Mass

Thanks to the help of Bishop Fintan the liturgical text in this setting of the Mass was recently approved by the Advisory Committee on Church Music on behalf of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference in August 2026.

Dubbed the Gentle Mass, free practical workshops to learn it are being offered to all singers.

Find out more about the Workshops

The first workshop will take place on

Sunday 8 November 2026
3:00pm to 5:00pm

at Barryroe National School

To help with numbers and planning could each singer please

Register for the Workshop Here

You do not have to be currently singing in a church choir to participate

Everyone is Welcome!

the 'Gentle Mass'

Family of Parishes Newsletter

A new all-colour newsletter for the Family of Parishes with reports of recent sacraments and funerals along with schedules for the November Novena Masses.

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First Holy Communion © AdobeStock

The dates of the First Holy Communion Masses in our family of parishes have been published.

• Sat April 24th    
  • Ardfield NS at Ardfield Church
• Sat May 1st      
  • Clogagh NS at Clogagh
• Sat May 8th      
  • Barryroe NS
  • St. Joseph’s GNS
• Sat May 15th
  • Rosscarbery parish schools
  • Gaelscoil Mhichíl Uí Choileáin
  • Timoleague NS
• Sat May 22nd
  • Scoil na mBuachaillí and Knockskeagh NS
  • Kilmeen NS (in Rossmore)

All Masses are at 10.30 am.

We wish all the children and their families and teachers every blessing in this most sacred year for the children.