St Colman’s Cathedral

The carillon is located in St. Colman’s Cathedral, overlooking Cobh town and Cork Harbour.

Recitals take place on Sundays at 16:30 from May to September.

A closed-circuit system is in operation showing the carillonneur playing the instrument. This can be viewed inside the Cathedral at the base of the tower – turn right as you enter through the main door.

A new compact disc of the Carillon of St Colman’s Cathedral is now available. This was produced in collaboration with University College Cork.

Watch Cobh Carillon on YouTube.

Date of Construction: 1916, J. Taylor and co.

Number of bells: 49

Largest bell: 67 cwt 2 qr 22 lb, tuned to A

Website: St Colman’s Carillon

Carillonneur: Adrian Gebruers

Address:
St Colman’s Cathedral
Cobh
co. Cork
Ireland

84th Summer Recital Season 2011
Free hour-long recitals will take place on Sundays at 4.30 p.m. from May to September and are usually given by Adrian Gebruers KSG, Cathedral Carillonneur.

As always, there will also be a number of guest recitals presented by leading international carillonneurs, as follows:-

Sunday July 24: Tiffany Ng (USA) – Associate Carillonneur at Berkeley University San Francisco

Sunday July 31: Lydia Zwart (The Netherlands)

Sunday August 7: Frank Steijns (The Netherlands) - Carillonneur with the world-famous Andre Rieu Orchestra

Sunday August 21: Quentin Leriche (France) – Carillonneur prodigy

Sunday August 28 – Special recital for National Heritage Week

A feature of this year’s season will be a series of recitals by upcoming young carillonneurs from Ireland, France and The Netherlands under the heading THE NEXT GENERATION.

Full programme details available at the Cathedral at time of recitals. There is no admission charge.

Grant aided by the Arts Council, Cork County Council and Cobh Town Council.