Letting in the light divine

IT’S one of the most iconic features on the Cork skyline. First established as a monastic site in 606 AD, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral now houses a French neo-gothic cathedral designed in 1862 by William Burges of London.

Searching For A New Jerusalem is an exhibition of stained glass cartoons and maquettes used in the realisation of Burges’s architectural scheme for the cathedral. The exhibition at the Glucksman in UCC is curated by Richard Wood, a fine arts and heritage enthusiast with an encyclopaedic knowledge of St Fin Barre’s. “You can view this exhibition on two levels,” he says. “One is just to see the process of how the artwork on the cathedral was created, the other is to find out what lies behind it.”

"@archpics: St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, Ireland http://t.co/isr2cKqyMh"

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