This year, Gougane Sunday takes place on:
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.
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.
Gougane Barra Sunday 2026
You are invited to join the Sisters for a:
at the Poor Clare Monastery, College Road, Cork
Poor Clares Vocations Afternoon - Sat 3 October 2026on
Scoil Barra Naofa, Monkstown
First Holy Communion 2027 in the Harbour Parishes
The following are the dates of Masses in the Harbour Parishes at which children from the local schools will receive their First Holy Communion.
Kindly note Mass Times may vary - for example any Weekday Mass in the Harbour Parishes may be replaced with a Requiem Mass when required
Mass Times from September 2026
We aspire to be an inclusive, welcoming, caring, worshipping Christian community in which the values and teachings of Jesus are lived, shared and celebrated
Fr Dave O'Connell