Press Releases23 Sep 10

Churches Participate in Culture Night 2010

‘Culture Night’ 2010 is taking place in cities across Ireland, North and South, tomorrow evening, Friday 24 September. A huge range of free cultural events will be taking place in Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Londonderry, Kilkenny, Galway and elsewhere, and several historic Church of Ireland cathedrals and churches are opening up during the evening so that visitors can enjoy and appreciate these sacred spaces.

Culture Night church highlights will include:

In Dublin, St Patrick’s Cathedral will be open with tours and a choir rehearsal at 6.30pm and an organ recital at 8pm, and Christchurch Cathedral will be open, with tours at 7 and 8pm.

In Belfast, St Anne’s Cathedral will be open with organised tours as will St George’s Church, High Street, for tours at 6 and 7pm, while in Londonderry, recently restored St Columb’s Cathedral will open from 8 to 11 pm with musical interludes.

In Kilkenny, St Canice’s Cathedral will invite visitors in as will St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church in Galway.

In Cork, both St Anne’s, Shandon and St Fin Barre’s Cathedral will be open to visitors, with Choral Evensong at 6.15pm and a short choral performance at 8pm in the cathedral.

For further details about these and other Culture Night activities, visit: www.culturenight.ie and www.culturenightbelfast.com.