Cath Ch

On E side of Dunbar Street; St Finbar's South, alias South Chapel. Cruciform church; nave and chancel, and possibly north transept, built in 1766 (Cahalane 1943, 27), south transept added in 1809 (ibid.); both these dates cut in quoins on NW corner of nave and SW corner of south transept, respectively. W gable of nave faces street; door surround modern, much evidence for rebuilding in central part of wall; cut limestone bellcot atop gable. Interior largely modernised, according to Craig (1982, 224) 'brutally gutted'; the altar contains the Dead Christ, by Hogan (Cahalane, ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Cath Ch, Cork City was built in 1766 as a cruciform church dedicated to St Finbar, with a south transept added in 1809; it is significant as part of the ecclesiastical landscape of 18th- and early 19th-century Cork.