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