Bells of the Diocese

Most of the churches in the Diocese have bells.

However, bell-ringing, as in change-ringing, the art of ringing a set of tuned bells in a series of ‘mathematical’ patterns (called changes) is done in five churches in the Diocese (click on links for full information about the bells):

• The bells of the Cathedral Church of  St Fin Barre, Cork
• The bells of Shandon – Saint Anne’s Church, Shandon, Cork
• The bells of the Church of St Peter, Bandon
• The bells of the Church of St Mary, Doneraile
• The bells of the Church of St Mary, Dunmanway (aka ‘The Sam Maguire Community Bells’)
• The bells of the Cathedral Church of St Fachtna, Rosscarbery
• The bells of Abbeystrewry Parish Church, Skibbereen