Church of the Ascension, Gurranabraher

22/08/2025

All are welcome. All levels & All ages!

14/11/2024

The Gurranabraher/Churchfield Community Afternoon Tea Dance
will take place on Sunday 17th November 2024 in The Hut Youth Project CDYS Youth Work Ireland from 3pm to 6pm.
All Welcome!!
Refreshments provided
Admission free.

14/11/2024

Christmas is fast approaching, and this year the Churchfield/ Gurranabraher Christmas market will take place on Friday 13th December in the Parochial Hall from 10am to 1pm.
All welcome to join us for a festive outing at this year's Churchfield/Gurranabraher Christmas Market, where you’ll find:
✨ Unique handcrafted gifts
✨ Delicious holiday treats and drinks
✨ Cozy stalls
✨ Live music and joyful performances
✨ And so much more to get you into the Christmas spirit!

08/11/2024

A Service of Remembrance everyone is welcome on Friday 29th NOVEMBER 2024 .

23/01/2024

Celebrate St Brigid's Day with Cork and Ross Friends and Family in Faith Bishop Fintan in the North Cathedral, Thursday Feb 1st at 5pm.

23/01/2024

Interested in a Lourdes pilgrimage? Please contact Marian Pilgrimages, Dublin
38/39 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
00-353-1-8788159
[email protected]

22/01/2024

Some of the upcoming classes at The Hut. Contact their office on 021 421 2811 for more information.

22/01/2024

Gurranabraher, Cork, 1950

A view of a street (and a horse and cart) in Gurranabraher, a residential suburb on the north-western side of Cork, in about 1950. The name Gurranabraher is derived from the Irish ‘Garrán na mBráthar’, meaning ‘Grove of the Brothers’. Development of this suburb commenced in the 1930s as a response to the urgent need to relocate thousands of people from overcrowded tenements in Cork to more appropriate and healthier social housing. Nearly two thousand homes were built in Gurranabraher by Cork Corporation between 1934 and 1944. The local parish church, the Church of the Ascension, was designed by James Rupert Boyd Barrett (c.1904-1976) and was constructed between 1953 and 1955. Capuchin friars ministered from this church in Gurranabraher from 1981 until 2008 when falling vocations to religious life forced the Order to hand back responsibility for the parish to the local diocese. The image forms part of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ photographic collection. (Image Identifier: https://catholicarchives.ie/index.php/gurranabraher-cork)

20/01/2024

This week's newsletter.

19/01/2024

A beautiful tribute to Con O'Leary by his daughter Lorraine, on behalf of the family, featured in EchoLive.ie

Mr O’Leary (77) who ran Con’s Shop in Gurranabraher in Cork city for five decades, died unexpectedly on January 5 while on holiday in Gran Canaria.