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18 September 2026

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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 11am.

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

18 September 2026

Each year people from across the Diocese of Cork and Ross gather at Gougane Barra to honour St Finbarr one of the Patrons of our Diocese

This year, Gougane Sunday takes place on:

Sunday 27 September

For more than 1,400 years Gougane Barra has been a place of prayer and pilgrimage, associated with St Finbarr and the beginnings of the Christian story in Cork.

Today it continues to be a special place where people come to pray, to give thanks and to seek God’s blessing.

Bishop Fintan Gavin invites people from parishes and faith communities throughout the Diocese to join together for this annual diocesan Mass and pilgrimage.

1:30pm: Confessions
2:30pm: Rosary
3:00pm: Mass
celebrated by Bishop Fintan Gavin

Everyone is welcome to join us at Gougane Barra as we honour St Finbarr and pray together for our Diocese, our families, our parishes and faith communities, and for the pastoral year ahead.

All are welcome

Gougane Barra Sunday 2026

18 September 2026

Are you considering the Poor Clare vocation or would you like to know more about the enclosed contemplative life of a religious sister?

You are invited to join the Sisters for a:

Vocations Afternoon

Saturday 3 October 2026

2:00pm to 4:00pm

at the Poor Clare Monastery, College Road, Cork

Contact the Poor Clares for more information

Poor Clares Vocations Afternoon - Sat 3 October 2026

29 August 2026

Clonakilty Parish welcomes into the Christian community baby Shea Michael Murphy, Raheeny, Dublin.

Newest member of the faith community lives in Dublin.

Baby Shea Michael Murphy lives in Raheny, Dublin, and was brought to the church of his mother's family for baptism. He was baptised in Clonakilty and was among the children baptised in our family of parishes this weekend.

Baptisms in our parishes often include babies who live in other parishes, including some who come from abroad. When a family lives outside of our family of parishes they ask their own parish for permission for the baptism to be celebrated in West Cork. This is just a courtesy and a simple formality. The parish issues a letter to the family to be brought to the church of the baptism.

Baptisms in our family of parishes are requested at this link.

Request a Baptism.

29 August 2026