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	Saint Anne’s, Shandon Church Street T23 YN88 Cork / Corcaigh (Shandon) Ireland
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	Saint Anne’s, Shandon (Church of Ireland, Diocese of Cork, Cloyne & Ross)
Geogr. Coordinates:	51.90321° N, 8.47589° W
Reference year:	1722
Architectural style:	Baroque
Building type:	Single-nave church
Description:	Baroque single-nave church with a square west tower; one of the oldest, continuously used churches in Cork
Name derivation:	From the mother of Mary and the Cork city district Shandon


Building material	Red sandstone from the original, nearby Shandon Castle, and white limestone from a dilapidated Franciscan abbey in North Mall; the two stones have been used as building material multiple times in Cork, and they inspired the two colours of the city’s coat of arms
Bells	8 bells, cast by Rudhalls in Gloucester (1752)
Noteworthy	Tower with four clocks (James Mangan, 1847) and a gilded weather vane, “de goldie fish”, in the shape of a salmon painted in gold leaf, which represents fishing on the river Lee, but at the same time also is an old symbol of Christianity


Font	Dated 1649
Windows	Chancel windows: The Good Samaritan (1882), Transfiguration (1883), Raising of Lazarus (1887), all by Mayer & Co, Munich Stained glass window to the left of the entrance: St Luke’s Healing (Huber McGoldrick, 1937)

History:

1690:	Destruction of the predecessor church St Mary’s during the siege of Cork
1722:	Completion of the new St Anne’s church
1752:	Installation of the bells in the tower
1847:	Construction of the four clock faces on the tower, knows as the “four-faced liar” on account of the time being slightly different on each face during the hour

Important persons:

Patron:

Anne (Mother of Mary)

Dimensions:

Tower Height [m]:

51.5

Sources

Shandon Bell & Tower; Infoblatt in der Kirche

Wikipedia: Church of St Anne, Shandon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Anne,_Shandon, retrieved 02/08/2025