Watercolour and ink illustration of St. Ita's Church, Gortroe
Illustration of St. Ita's Church, Gortroe

St. Ita's Church, Gortroe

Gortaroo, Cork

Catholic

Diocese of Cloyne

Mass Times

Regular weekly timetable

Mon

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Tue

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Wed

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Thu

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Fri

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Sat

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Sun

  • 09:30

Times can change on holy days of obligation and over Christmas and Easter; check with the parish before travelling.

About St. Ita's Church, Gortroe

St. Ita's Church, Gortroe dates from 1909. It has a five-bay nave and rendered walls under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include stained-glass windows, a bellcote and an internal gallery.

The building

St Ita's Church is a freestanding gable-fronted Roman Catholic church dated 1909, constructed of early concrete imitative of stone. It has a lower gabled chancel to the north, a two-bay sacristy to the west, rendered walls with decorative strap pointing, quoins and buttresses, and a pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings and a carved limestone bellcote with a cross finial. Pointed arch openings occur throughout, including triple lancet windows. Interior features include a glazed timber screen porch, carved timber gallery, exposed roof timbers and a carved marble altar. A grotto stands to the east, and boundary walls have metal railings with a trefoil motif.

Architectural details in this description and profile from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, © Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Summarised by Christianity.ie.

Clergy

  • Parish Priest V. Rev. Canon William Bermingham
  • Curate Rev. Pat O’Donoghue
  • Deacon Rev. John Nestor

Location & contact

Address

Gortaroo, Youghal, Gortaroo, Cork

Phone

024-91717