Festival Mass congregation

Festival Mass congregation

Cork Film Festival, Festival Mass, St Francis Church

This is an undated black and white photo of the congregation at the festival's annual mass. The pews are full and at the back of the Church, by the stained glass doors, we can just about make out the crowds standing by the open doors of the Church. The Church is not identified but we can tell from this photo that it is the interior of St Francis Church on Liberty Street in Cork. St Francis Church is a Byzantine-style red-brick church and friary founded on Liberty Street in the mid-nineteenth century, before being rebuilt in July 1953. It is tucked behind the Cork City Courthouse and partially stands on the site of the old Broad Lane Church. Whilst typical in style for 1950s Ireland it retains notable interior fittings that distinguish it, such as its stained glass windows and doors. It is spacious, full of light, and decorated with mosaics designed in the main by the Italian artist, Umberto Noni. When it was being built in 1954 workmen found part of the old city wall of Cork and an inscribed stone dated '1586' which is now part of the wall of the friary. Its city location and spacious interior made it an ideal location for the crowds that attended the annual Cork Film Festival St Finbarr mass.

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Donal Sheehan

Cork Film Festival Collection

University College Cork

Donal Sheehan

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TIFF
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English, eng

Cork, Ireland

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202 x 251mm