Holy Trinity Church, Cork

Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church
Father Mathew Memorial Church
	Holy Trinity Church
	51°53′44″N 8°28′15″W / 51.895553°N 8.4708917°W
Location	Cork
Country	Republic of Ireland
Denomination	Catholic
Religious order	Capuchin
Website	holytrinity.irishcapuchins.com
History
Status	Church
Dedication	Theobald Mathew
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	George Pain, Dominic Coakley, George Ashlin
Style	Gothic Revival
Years built	1832–1890
Groundbreaking	10 October 1832
Completed	13 October 1890
Specifications
Spire height	160 feet (49 m)
Materials	Limestone
Administration
Archdiocese	Cashel and Emly
Diocese	Cork and Ross
Parish	SS Peter & Paul's

Holy Trinity Church, also known as Father Mathew Memorial Church, is a Roman Catholic Gothic Revival church and friary on Fr. Mathew Quay, on the bank of the River Lee in Cork. It belongs to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and is the only church dedicated to Father Theobald Mathew.^[1]

The building's listing in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a "Regency Gothic-style church with Gothic-Revival portico",^[2] and it is "one of the first large churches in the south of Ireland to be built in this style."^[3] Construction of the church began in the early 1830s but stalled shortly before the Great Famine. It would only be completed in 1890, in time for the centenary of the birth of Fr. Mathew. The church features several noteworthy stained glass windows, including three by Harry Clarke's studio and a large memorial to Daniel O'Connell.

^ Curtin-Kelly, Patricia (2015). An Ornament to the City: Holy Trinity Church & the Capuchin Order. Dublin, Ireland: The History Press Ireland. pp. 9, 37. ISBN 978 1 84588 861 9.
^ "Holy Trinity Church, Father Matthew Quay, Cork City, Cork City". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ Spalding, Tom (18 April 2015). "Holy Trinity Church, an ornament to Cork City". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[1] Curtin-Kelly, Patricia (2015). An Ornament to the City: Holy Trinity Church & the Capuchin Order. Dublin, Ireland: The History Press Ireland. pp. 9, 37. ISBN 978 1 84588 861 9.

[NIAH-2] "Holy Trinity Church, Father Matthew Quay, Cork City, Cork City". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[IExaminer-3] Spalding, Tom (18 April 2015). "Holy Trinity Church, an ornament to Cork City". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

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