Cahersiveen

Cahersiveen Parish incorporates The Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church of the Holy Cross, Cahersiveen; St Joseph’s Church, Aghatubrid; and the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Foilmore. Our community welcomes you to our website and hopefully, at some stage, to our parish itself – Fr. Larry

The Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church has recently undergone major renovations. We have installed new electrical, lighting and heating systems together with new floor covering. The cost is estimated to be €2 million. We would be most grateful if you would support our church restoration fund, please. Donations can be made to the following account: IBAN: IE84AIBK93603002459187: BIC: AIBKIE2D

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Contact: 066-9472210 Mon-Fri 10.00 am – 2.00 pm

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The Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church of the Holy Cross is reputed to be the the only parish church in Ireland to be called after a layman. This church was built, and named with special papal permission, after the great statesman Daniel O’Connell, a lay person – neither a saint, deity, cleric or member of a religious order – a man who worked tirelessly and peacefully for Catholic emancipation by way of mass movement of people, in Ireland, in the 19th century.

O’Connell is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery (Dublin), and the Dublin Cemeteries Trust has produced an informative factsheet about his life, political career, achievements and values, including his commitment to human rights, religious freedom and equality. To access this information, you can click on the following link:

https://www.dctrust.ie/sites/admin/plugins/elfinder/files/dct/Education%20Resources/1.7.Daniel%20OConnell%20Factsheet%20.pdf

Fr Larry Kelly

Address: The Presbytery, O’Connell Street, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry. V23 W950

Tel: (066)9472210 / 087 2324171

Email: cahersiveen@dioceseofkerry.ie

Office Hours: 10.00 am – 2.00 pm (Monday – Friday)

Parish Secretary: Mary McGill

PARISH COMMITTEES AND GROUPS

THE PASTORAL COUNCIL

THE LITURGY GROUP

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE

THE ADORATION COMMITTEE

VINCENT DE PAUL Phone (087) 1417182

OTHER GROUPS:

LEGION OF MARY – Monday 10.00am in the Nuns’ Chapel

PIONEERS: (087) 6119785, (087) 2866920 or (087) 2611058

Safeguarding Children Contact: (087) 6362 780

The Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church of the Holy Cross, Cahersiveen:

Monday – Friday 11.00am

Saturday Vigil: 6.00 pm.

Sunday: 11.30am

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Foilmore:

Sunday: 10 am (on alternate Sundays with Aghatubrid)

St Joseph’s Church, Aghatubrid:

Sunday: 10 am (on alternate Sundays with Foilmore)

Please see the Parish Calendar for the dates on which Sunday Mass is celebrated in Foilmore and Aghatubrid. Masses alternate between both churches; there is Mass in each church every second Sunday.

December 2025: Our Parish Church looks resplendent this Christmas. Thanks to everybody who has been involved, in any way, with the restoration project, and well done to those who prepare the crib and sacred spaces every year.

Media coverage of the Church

Renovation Works (2025)

On August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Lady into Heaven, we gathered, at Cuas Crom, for the annual Blessing of the Sea. We give thanks to God for the beauty of the sea and the life it brings. We pray for the safety of all those who go to sea – for work, travel and recreation.

For further reading about this beautiful feast day and its association with the sea, please click here:

https://handmaidsoftheimmaculate.weebly.com/blog/feast-day-of-the-assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary