Draft:Cork Unitarian Church
 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 5 weeks or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 2,576 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
Submission declined on 12 September 2026 by LittlePuppers (talk).
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
This draft has been resubmitted and is currently awaiting re-review. |  |
 Cork Unitarian Church logo | |
| Headquarters | Cork, Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|
| Website | corkunitarianchurch |
The Cork Unitarian Church (CUC) is a religious fellowship in Cork City, Ireland aligned with the world-wide Unitarian Universalist movement.
Affiliations
[edit]Locally, the CUC is a member of the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) and the Three Faiths Forum, an interfaith initiative in Cork City. Internationally, the CUC is associated with the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Global Network, the European Unitarian Universalists (EUU), and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (GAUFCC) in Britain.
History
[edit]There has been a Unitarian Church in Cork City since the 17th century. Founded by English Puritans, it was originally called the Dissenting Presbyterian Church because it would not join the state-established Church of Ireland that was headed by the British sovereign. The congregation originally met at Watergate Lane, in South Main street; when it needed a larger building it moved to a large, simple rectangular stone meeting house east of the city in 1717 (today, 39 Princes Street).[1] The Princes Street building began construction in 1711, and the first service was held there August 4,1717.[1][2]
Many of its members and ministers did not adhere to the Presbyterian Westminster Confession of Faith about the Triune nature of God; in Ireland, Presbyterian congregations and synods with these beliefs are called the Non-subscribing Presbyterian Churches of Ireland (NSPCI). In 1861, the congregation on Princes Street split, and the Trinitarian group formed Trinity Presbyterian Church on Summerhill North Road. In time, the church on Princes street became known as Unitarian, which was the term used in the United States and the United Kingdom for congregations that rejected Trinitarian theology.[3]
In 1845, the church worked with United States abolitionist Frederick Douglass to allow him to visit Cork.[4]
By the 2010s, the church also hosted arts and cultural events, in addition to religious services,[5] and also shared space with a mental health charity.[6]
The Princes Street church closed permanently in January 29, 2024 after a fire broke out during the night and damaged the church.[7][8] The building remains closed. Some former members re-founded the church under a new operating model in 2025, without paid ministry and without their own building.[9] They meet on the fourth Sunday of the month on the ground floor of a historic Queen Anne building, the Civic Trust House, 50 Pope’s Quay.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Princes Street Unitarian Church". www.corkcity.ie. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ Rountree, Sara (2024-01-29). "Fire at historic Cork church as crews battle blaze at one of city's oldest buildings". corkbeo.ie. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ O'Callaghan, Antóin (2016). The Churches of Cork City: an illustrated history. Dublin, Ireland: The History Press Ireland. pp. 140–144. ISBN 978-1-84588-893-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ English, Eoin (2024-04-23). "Mural celebrating Frederick Douglass unveiled in Cork city". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ "Cork Buddhist nun organises Chinese New Year celebrations". echo live. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ O'Mahony, Sarah (2023-07-06). "New Cork City centre base for mental health charity with an open door to all". www.corkbeo.ie. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ "Cork church left 'devastated' following major fire". echo live. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- ↑ Sheehy, Mairead (2024-01-29). "'The work of the church is larger than the building': 'Extensive' damage done following Cork fire". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ "Home". Cork Unitarian Church. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- promotional language: see Words to watch;
- personal commentary: opinions or direct addresses to the reader;
- informal language.
Instead, only summarize in your own words a range of independent, reliable, published sources that discuss the subject.