One of Cork s oldest communities lights up its street. at the end of a dark year
Community spirit is alive and well in one of Cork’s oldest communities, the South Parish. DEBORAH HICKEY tells us how, in one neighbourhood, residents have come together to light up their street The Christmas lights of Needham Place off Dunbar Street. Picture: David Keane
Deborah Hickey
SOUTH Parish is one of the oldest inhabited areas of Cork city and can be located on maps dating back as far as 1545.
It is home to the Red Abbey Tower, Corks oldest surviving medieval structure, while St Finbarr’s South Church, built in 1766, is the city’s oldest, in use, Roman Catholic church.