St. Joseph's Church Mayfield County Cork

St. Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Mayfield, County Cork.

We are a fellowship of believers, made in God's image and called as disciples of Christ to share the Good News with everyone through learning, listening, praying and working together actively to reach out to our communities.

We are a place to believe, belong, and become!

 

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From Blackpool, Cork (3.4 km. About 8 mins):

1. Head north on N City Link Rd/N20 toward Brothers Delaney Rd/Popham's Rd - 0.1 km
2. Turn left onto Popham's Rd - 52 m
3. Turn left onto Commons Rd - 0.5 km
4. Turn right onto Watercourse Rd - 0.3 km
5. Turn left to stay on Watercourse Rd - 22 m
6. Turn left at the 1st cross street onto N City Link Rd/N20 - 0.4 km
7. Continue onto N Ring Rd/R635 - 0.2 km
8. Turn right onto Glen Ave - 1.3 km
9. Turn right onto Ballyhooly Rd/R614 - 87 m
10. Turn left onto Old Youghal Rd - 0.5 km
Destination will be on the right  

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Our parish church dates from 1881 when St. Joseph's was built as a church of relief to St. Patrick's parish church. At that time St. Joseph's parish had not yet been created and the primary purpose of the church was to provide a local Sunday Mass for the people in the locality (the Northern end of St. Patrick's parish at that time). While the people of the parish did contribute to the funding of the church, the primary source of funds came from the personal wealth of the then parish priest of St. Patrick's, Canon George Sheehan.

Barry McMullen, architect and builder, was appointed to the project and the early French Gothic style with chancel, nave aisles and organ loft was to be guiding design. In line with good practice, locally sourced materials were to be preferred with red sandstone coming from Brickfield Quarry on the Lower Glanmire Road and limestone for the dressings on windows, buttresses and doors coming from Ballintemple Quarries.

Bishop Delaney, Bishop of Cork, dedicted St. Joseph's on the 6th October 1881. At that time, the local people had already formed the habit of attending mass at the SMA Fathers who, at that time, were located at Elmgrove House on the Ballyhooley Road.

In 1888 a priest's house was buily to accomodate the newly appointed curate to St. Joseph's, Fr. Thomas Fleming. Quickly the numbers of people attending at St. Joseph's increased substantially.

In 1981 Bishop Michael Murphy, Bishop of Cork and Ross, created the parish of St. Joseph's and appointed Fr. Florence Flynn as first Parish Priest. Bishop Murphy also appointed Canon Micheal O'Dalaigh as PP in 1990 while Bishop Buckley appointed Canon John Paul Hegarty in 2001 to serve as Parish Priest. Fr. Christy Harrington was appointed by Bishop Buckley in 2011 as Parish Priest. Fr. Myles McSweeney served as priest in charge from 2013 until Sept 2021, when Fr. J. Criostoir MacDonald was appointed Parish Priest by Bishop Fintan Gavin.

St. Joseph's church is adorned by many wonderfully rich stained glass windows, the majority of which came from the studios of Watson's of Youghal. Two of the windows inside the front door are the work of Michael Healy, a member of 'An Tur Gloine', which was a co-operative of stained glass artists operating in Dublin in the early part of the 20th century.

Full list of Clergy who have served at Saint Joseph's Church.

Monsignor G. Sheehan 1881-1887 Fr. Thomas Fleming C.C. 1888-1901 Fr. Thomas J. Tierney C.C. 1898-1923 Fr. W.F. McCarthy C.C. 1899-1903 Fr. John J. Ahern C.C. 1903-1906 Fr. Edward O'Flynn C.C. 1908-1914 Fr. Tim O'Connor C.C. 1915-1923, 1935-1946 Fr. Tim O'Leary C.C. 1924-1928 Fr. K. Barrett C.C. 1925-1928 Fr. T. Murphy C.C. 1931-1933 Fr. P.J. O'Sullivan C.C. 1931-1939 Fr. William Riordan C.C. 1942-1946 Fr. Arthur Stritch C.C. 1947-1957 Fr. John Murphy C.C. 1945-1950 Fr. P.J. O'Donovan C.C. 1953-1957 Fr. Thomas Lynch C.C. 1950-1952 Fr. John Forde C.C. 1959-1964 Fr. Daniel Burns C.C. 1959-1962 Fr. Seamus Murphy C.C. 1964-1965 Fr. Edward Fitzgerald C.C. 1965-1970 Fr. Michael O'Donovan C.C. 1965-1966 Fr. F.X. Wrenne C.C. 1968-1970 Fr. J.C. Walsh C.C. 1971-1976 Fr. John Galvin C.C. 1971-1981 Fr. Thomas Kelleher C.C. 1977-1984 Fr. Florence O'Flynn P.P. 1981-1990 Fr. Aidan O'Driscoll C.C. 1982-1984 Fr. Christopher Fitzgerald C.C. 1983-1986 Fr. Patrick McCarthy C.C. 1985-1988 Fr. Michael Nolan C.C. 1986-1994 Fr. John O'Donovan C.C. 1988-1995 Canon Micheal O'Dalaigh P.P. 1990-2001 Fr. Dan O'Connell C.C. 1994-2001 Canon. John Paul Hegarty P.P. 2001-2011 Fr. Alan O'Leary C.C. 2001-2006 Fr. Christy Harrington P.P. 2011-2013 Fr. Myles McSweeney Priest in charge. 2013-2021 Fr. J. Criostoir MacDonald P.P. 2021-Present