Church finds its voice after 150-year wait

They’ve had to wait nearly 150 years, but residents of one West Cork village finally have a traditional organ in their church.

The 134-year-old instrument, which would come with a €250,000 price tag if purchased as new, spent more than a century in the Sisters of Mercy Convent in Clonakilty, which closed in 2008.

The pipe organ has been installed in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Enniskeane following a €40,000 refurbishment project, for which locals are currently fundraising.