Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork
51.8944°N 08.48064°W / 51.8944; -08.48064
Country	Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Website	cathedral.cork.anglican.org
History
Dedication	Saint Fin Barre
Architecture
Architect(s)	William Burges
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1865
Completed	1879
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Province	Province of Dublin
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Dean	Very Revd Nigel Dunne
Laity
Organist/Director of music	Malcolm Wisener
Organist(s)	James Taylor

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, (Irish: Ardeaglais Naomh Fionnbarra) is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Cork city, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin.

It was featured on the Irish postcard before the Irish entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow, Russia.

Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Cork, it is now one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

List of Deans of Cork

• William Magee 1813 - 1819
• James Thomas O'Brien 1842
• William Connor Magee 1864 - 1868 (then Bishop of Peterborough)
• Achilles Daunt 1875 - 1878
• George Otto Simms 1952

• Richard Clarke 1993 - 1996 (later Bishop of Meath and Kildare)
• Michael Geoffrey St Aubyn Jackson 1997 - 2002 (later Bishop of Clogher and Archbishop of Dublin)
• Michael Burrows 2002 - 2006 (later Bishop of Cashel and Ossory)

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

The organ

The Organ Console

The Organ was built in 1870 by William Hill of London, with 3 manuals and 40 stops. The action on the Great was some form of pneumatic action (possibly Barker lever) on the Great, and tracker for the other two manuals.

The instrument was then overhauled in 1889 by the Cork Organ-building firm, T.W. Megahy, who added three new stops, though it is not entirely clear which these were. It was at this time that the Organ was moved from the West Gallery down to a Pit in the North Transept, where it still sits today.

The next major overhaul of the instrument was in 1906 by Hele & Co. of Plymouth, who added a fourth Manual (the Solo). By this stage, the action of the organ was entirely pneumatic.

The last time major work was done to the organ was in 1965-66, when J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd of London rebuilt the instrument. They overhauled the soundboards, installed a new console with electropneumatic action, and lowered the pitch to 'standard' C = 523./3. The organ now has 4 manuals, 56 stops, and 3012 pipes.

Organists

• William Love 1677 - 1698
• Thomas Hollister 1698? - 1703?
• William Toole 1703 - 1711
• Edward Broadway 1712 - 1720
• William Smyth 1720 - 1721
• Henry De La Maine 1782 - 1796
• James Roche 1797 - 1811
• James Brealsford Stephens 1811 - 1860
• John Christopher Marks 1860 - 1903
• William George Everleigh 1903 - 1922
• Jonathan Thomas Horne 1922 - 1977
• Andrew Paul Padmore 1977 - 1984 (afterwards organist of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast)
• Colin Gerald Nicholls 1984 - 2007
• Malcolm Wisener 2007 - current (previously organist at St Bartholomew's Church, Dublin)

Assistant organists

• Mark Casey 1985 - 1991 (now Director of Music at the Parish and Priory Church of St Mary, Totnes)
• Cecilia Kehoe 1993 - 1997 (now organist and Director of Music at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford)
• Ian Sexton 1997 - 2005 (now organist of the Collegiate Church of St Mary Youghal)
• James Taylor 2005 - current

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Burials

• Richard Boyle (archbishop)
• William Lyon (bishop)

See also

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Ecclesiastes chairs in The Ambulatory

• Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
• Paul Colton
• Saint Finbarr
• List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Cork)

References

• David Lawrence and Ann Wilson, The Cathedral of Saint Fin Barre at Cork: William Burges in Ireland 2006, Four Courts Press

External links

• Official website
• Specification of the Organ
• Satellite Photo