Cork In 50 Artworks, No 15: The Golden Angel on St Fin Barre’s Cathedral
St Fin Barre’s Cathedral and its famous golden angel.
The Church of Ireland Cathedral of St Fin Barre’s, with its three soaring spires, is one of the most iconic buildings in Cork. Designed by the English architect William Burges, its foundation stone was laid in 1865, and it was consecrated just five years later, in 1870.
Burges had a history of winning commissions for projects that were never realised, and was so delighted that his proposal for St Fin Barre’s actually went ahead that he gifted one of its most prominent features, the Golden Resurrection Angel on the choir roof, to the people of Cork.
