Welcome to the Website of Mallow Union of Parishes
Thank you for visiting our website. We are centered on the growing and diverse town of Mallow in North County Cork, beside the River Blackwater, where the spire of St James’s Church is a significant landmark. The area served by this Union of parishes stretches from the Kerry border in the West (taking in the towns of Kanturk, Millstreet and Newmarket); and extends East towards the River Awbeg, where two of our churches are located, in Castletownroche and Doneraile. To the North, we take in the towns of Buttevant and Charleville before arriving at the border with County Limerick.
More widely, Mallow Union are part of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Church of Ireland, which is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, with over 70 million people in 164 countries, making us the third largest Christian body in the world.
We strive to be communities of welcome and hospitality, where the Eucharist is at the heart of our worshipping life, and our worship of God inspires us to promote care and justice in the wider world.
I hope you will get a sense of who we are as three distinctive and diverse worshipping communities serving different communities. Wherever you find yourself on the journey of faith and life, I trust you will discover things to encourage and inspire you. And I hope you will sense how welcome you are in our churches, as a visitor, as an enquirer, and as a pilgrim.
Meurig Williams, Rector
St James's Church celebrates the Bicentenary in 2024.
Join us at a Service
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10:00am
Sun20OctMorning Prayer
St Mary's Church, Castletownroche
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10:00am
Sun20OctThe Eucharist
St Mary's Church, Doneraile
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11:45am
Sun20OctThe Eucharist
St James' Church, Mallow
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11:00am
Wed23OctThe Eucharist
St James' Church, Mallow
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10:00am
Sun27OctThe Eucharist
St Mary's Church, Castletownroche
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10:00am
Sun27OctMorning Prayer
St Mary's Church, Doneraile
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11:45am
Sun27OctThe Eucharist
St James' Church, Mallow
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11:00am
Wed30OctThe Eucharist
St James' Church, Mallow
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10:00am
Sun3NovThe Eucharist
St Mary's Church, Doneraile
Latest News
- monthly notes October 2024AN ECUMENICAL END TO SUMMER At the end of August, the Rector joined with Fr Donal Coakley to lead an ecumenical service in the now-deconsecrated church in Kilshannig as part of Heritage Week events. It is almost half a century since an act of worship was held in the church (now a community heritage centre).… Read more: monthly notes October 2024
Special events
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9:30am
Fri18OctWeekly Mallow Farmers Market
St James' Church, Mallow
A friendly, community driven market with some excellent produce to buy, runs from 9:30 - 12:30 so come early.
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11:30am
Sun20OctJigsaw Club
St James' Church Hall, Mallow
Activities for our younger worshippers in the Parish Hall in Mallow from 11.30am.
This is a weekly opportunity for our younger worshippers to engage with the scriptures in an enjoyable and informal setting and highlights the important connection between work with young people and Sunday worship. -
7:30pm
Sun27OctECUMENICAL WORSHIP
Convent of Mercy
An opportunity for Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Methodists to worship and meet together on the fourth Sunday of each month at 7.30pm in the hall at the rear of the Convent of Mercy, Main Street, Charleville (a few doors down from Holy Cross church).