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Dance Cork Firkin Crane John Redmond Street, Shandon Guided tours at 11.30am, 12.30pm & 1.30pm. Partial wheelchair access 6

St Anne’s Church

Shandon Shandon Open 10am to 4.30pm Partial wheelchair access

Dance Cork Firkin Crane is located at the foot of the Shandon Bells, in Cork’s North City Centre. This heritage building, which was part of the Butter Market, was opened in 1955. “Firkin” is a Danish word meaning quarter barrel, the firkins, or casks, were weighed on a balance known as a “Crane”, hence the building’s unusual name. After the Butter Market closed in 1924, the building was deserted for many decades. It was put up for sale in 1979, and Joan Denise Moriarty, then Director of the Irish National Ballet, successfully applied to the Arts Council to have the building bought and refurbished as a home for her Cork-based professional dance company. This unique building was opened by then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds in April 1992, preserving a building of architectural interest in one of the most historic areas of Cork City. In 2005, the organisation changed its name to the Institute of Choreography and Dance (ICD). The organisation began to offer residencies of many kinds, professional dance classes and workshops, and began commissioning, co-producing and presenting new dance works. Now renamed Dance Cork Firkin Crane, we are proud of our history as Ireland’s first dance house. We continue to build on that tradition as a presenting partner of the European Aerowaves network, inaugurating our Take Off Festival in February 2023. We remain an organisation dedicated to dance and to serving Cork and Ireland’s growing contemporary dance community. Guided tours of Dance Cork Firkin Crane will take place at 11.30am, 12.30pm & 1.30pm. Booking essential on www.corkheritageopenday.ie/events

St Anne’s Church Shandon, built in 1722, home to the famous Shandon Bells, is a landmark building and has been a place of worship for over 280 years. The Bells of Shandon first rang out across the city in 1752. Cast in Gloucester in England, the eight bells each carry their own inscription. The tower is also home to one of the largest caged clocks in Europe installed by the corporation in 1847 and known as the ‘four faced liar’ because of its sometimes errant time telling! At the top of the tower is the gilded salmon, or ‘de goldie fish’ an old symbol of Christianity and a symbol representing salmon fishing in the river Lee. There is a spectacular view of the city at the viewing parapet at 120ft/36m. St. Anne’s Church Shandon will celebrate the heritage of the Book of Common Prayer as it was in use during the church’s 300 years of history in Cork - from 1722 to present day. Services will take place throughout the day that will be taken from various editions of the Prayer Book. Services include: Morning Prayer (8:30am), Noon Day Eucharist (12pm) Evening Prayer (4:30pm) and Compline (8pm). Additionally there will be displays around the church highlighting the different editions of the Book of Common Prayer as the centre of Anglican liturgical life.