Dunmanway Parish

05/07/2026

Priests who are ministering in the Diocese of Cork and Ross are celebrating jubilees of their ordination as priests.
Bishop Fintan Gavin hosted a celebratory lunch with priests who are marking significant milestones in their priesthood and were free to attend.
Some of the priest jubilarians in 2026 with Bishop Fintan: Fr. Bartolomiej Dziedzic, Mgr Aidan O'Driscoll, Fr. Kieron O'Driscoll, Canon Martin O'Driscoll, Fr. Gerard Dunne OP, Bishop Fintan Gavin, Fr Michael Forde, Fr. Emmanuel Ihomon, Fr Padraig Corkery, Fr Liam Crowley and Fr. Joyel Cletus.

12/02/2026

A vacancy has arisen for a Secretary, based in St Patrick’s Church, Dunmanway. This is a part time position 16 hours per week.
Applications in writing only to Rev Fr Pat O’Donovan,
Co PP & Moderator, The Presbytery, Dunmanway enclosing full CV.
Closing date for applications is Friday February 27th
Canvassing will disqualify

06/01/2026

Today we celebrate the Epiphany and the story of the wise men visiting Jesus and it is always celebrated on January 6th. It is a beautiful feast day and is celebrated in many parts of the world. Here in Cork, we also of course celebrate Women’s Little Christmas or Nollaig na mBan.

The story of the Epiphany is probably one of the best known scripture stories and how they followed a very bright star. It is certain that they were the first astrologers and a leading group in exploring the wonders of our amazing universe that we now know is 13.6 billion years old. One special star led them to Jesus who will always be our special star and the source of our light and hope going forward.

The journey of the wise men was slow reminding us how important it is to take our time with many things in life. Sometimes in life we need to slow down and less is often more. As they followed the star, they has a sense that our universe is so much bigger than our tiny world. For the wise men they knew there was something more to this life.

One part of the story that I like is how they were warned in a dream to go home a different way as King Herod wanted them arrested. They followed their inner voice or their sixth sense and went home a different way. There is a beautiful message for us too, that sometimes it's ok to try something different. It is a beautiful feast day with so many possible meanings.

Happy Epiphany and Happy Nollaig na mBan💕🙏

03/01/2026

Tuesday January 6th is the Feast of the Epiphany
Masses are as follows

Monday January 5th
7pm St Patrick's church Dunmanway and
8pm Coolderrihy

Tuesday January 6th
10am St Patrick's Dunmanway and
10am Coolderrihy

31/12/2025