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Shandon Steeple officially know as the Church of St Anne's is the
most famous land mark in
Cork
City. Locally know as the Four Face Liar
because each of the four clocks on it told different time at one stage. The name
Shandon comes from the old Gaelic name
Sean Dun, which means Old Fort which as the
name suggests it was build on the site of an old fort on Mallow Street as
Shandon Street was previously known as. Standing 170 feet high the tower
was built in 1722, using the sandstone from the old Shandon Castle on two
sides and the limestone from the Franciscan Abbey which was located on
the North Mall on the other two sides.
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The steeple of St Anne's Church in Shandon, where Shandon Bells rest,
consists of a square tower surmounted by a lantern and on top of the
lantern is a copper dome with a gilded weather vane in the shape of a
salmon which is eleven feet three inches in length, knows as "the goldy fish" locally. The tower is the home of the famous Shandon
Bells where the visitor is invited to play a tune on the bells.
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The Cork City
Tour which operates a hop on and hop off service stops at St Anne's Shandon
where you can climb up the steeple and ring the Shandon Bells and take in
some of the wonderful view of Cork City and County it offers and then go
next door and explore
Cork Butter Museum and when finished join the Cork City Tour
again.
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Last modified:
Tuesday April 03, 2012
Copyright ©2004
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