Please note there will be no 10:00am Weekday Masses in the Harbour Parishes from:

Tuesday 6 October to Friday 9 October

and

Tuesday 13 October to Friday 16 October

(Weekend Masses will be offered as usual)

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

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