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The Sacred and the Street: St. Augustine’s Before It Closes

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Photograph taken from inside the entrance porch of St Augustine's Church on Grand Parade, Cork, looking out through the open dark blue panelled doors onto the street. A yellow CAUTION WET FLOOR sign stands on the tiled floor of the porch. Beyond the doorway, pedestrians walk past on the pavement, a pigeon stands to the left, and the shopfronts of Phelans Pharmacy and other businesses are visible across Grand Parade. Bare winter trees and a bus shelter are in the middle ground.

The news broke at the end of last month that St Augustine’s Church in Cork would be closing later this year.

Despite walking past there hundreds of times while out walking I’ve only been in there a couple of times. I happened to call in about a week before that announcement and took the photos above.

The building has been featured here before. Jeremiah Cronin sold the Echo in this porch for many years until he retired during the pandemic. He passed away in 2022.

I wonder what will happen to the building now?


Apertureƒ/1.8
CameraILCE-7RM5
Focal length50mm
ISO12800
Shutter speed1/800s

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