Kilmocomogue Union of Parishes
A Church of Ireland parish in West Cork
Welcome
Welcome to our Parish Website. Our small community is centred on Bantry Bay in West Cork. We are Church of Ireland, part of the worldwide sisterhood of Churches - the Anglican Communion. We are an inclusive church where visitors, newcomers and everyone is welcome. May God be with you on your journey, may you find refreshment and peace and may the peace of the Lord be always with you.
Our Worship
We are a Eucharistic community, strongly committed to mission, ministry, ecumenism and inclusiveness in our parish and have a strong link with Christian Aid. Our service of Holy Communion (Mass, Eucharist) each Sunday is live-streamed on YouTube - see the link below
St James National School, Durrus
We have two national schools in our parish. St James N.S. is located in Durrus. Click on the school photo.
St Brendan's National School, Bantry
St Brendan's National School is in Bantry Town, overlooking Bantry Bay. Click on the pic for more details.
Our History
Before this Church was built, christian worship was conducted in two other locations in this Parish dating back to 1411. The Parish is called by the ancient Irish name “Kilmocomogue” in honour of the first Church, St. Coman’s, which was located near the local village of Kealkill. The Parish of Bantry was united with the Parish of Durrus in 1984 to become the Kilmocomogue Union of Parishes. Our community here in Bantry was further enhanced when the congregations of two local Churches joined us because their own Churches had to close for worship. Rooska Church, situated on the Goat’s Path road about 5k from Bantry, served the Church of Ireland Community on the North side of the Muintir Bhaire or Sheeps Head Peninsula. Snave Church, situated between Bantry and Glengarriff, served the community in the Ballylickey and Coomhola area. Up until just after the second world war there was a full time Rector in Castletownbere who looked after ‘Beara Union of Parishes’ which was made up of the ancient parishes of Kilcatherine, Kilaconenagh, Kilcaskin and Kilnamanagh. Beara Union was amalgamated with Kilmocomogue Union 2001.