Finbar of Cork
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Saint Finbar, Finbarr, Finnbar, or Finnbarr, in Irish Fionnbharra, very often abbreviated to Barra, was Bishop of Cork and abbot of a monastery in what is now the city of Cork, Ireland. He is patron s
St. Finbarr by Harry Clarke at the Honan Chapel
Gougane Barra
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
Portal of Cille Bharra on Barra Island
Gougane Barra
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Gougane Barra is a scenic valley and heritage site in the Shehy Mountains of County Cork, Ireland. It is near Ballingeary in the Muskerry Gaeltacht. Gougane Barra is at the source of the River Lee and
Finbar of Cork
…completion of his education he returned home and lived for some time on an island in the small lake, then called Loch Irce. The island is now called Gougane Barra (the little rock-fissure of Finnbarr). He is reputed to have built small churches in various other places, including one in Ballineadig, County Cork…
Gougane Barra oratory
Aerial view onto the lake from south-west
Lake and surrounding hills
19th century oratory