Further €130,000 allocated to St Anne's in Shandon to protect iconic clock tower

In Cork, 12 locations are being allocated funding worth just over €590,000. 

St Anne's Church in Cork City is to receive €130,000 in funding for capital conservation works. Picture: Dan Linehan

The historic St Anne's Church in Cork City, home to the famous four-faced clock tower and Shandon Bells, is to receive €130,000 in funding as part of a new Government initiative to safeguard the country's archaeological monuments into the future.

The €130,000 being allocated for capital conservation works at St Anne’s under the Community Monuments Fund (CMF) follows the announcement last month that €250,000 would allocated to the church under the Government's Historic Structures Fund (HSF).