placenamesSaint Anne's, Shandon
Paróiste San Anna
The parish’s church tower combines a distinctive ringing mechanism with a civic clock installed in 1847.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Paróiste San Anna · Irish · main form · validated name
- Saint Anne's, Shandon · English · main form
Place & story
How the bells sound
The United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross records that Shandon’s bells were cast by Abel Rudhall of Gloucester in 1750. They use an Ellacombe ringing system: each bell stays in place while a rope operates the clapper that strikes it. The diocesan account notes that the bells retain their original inscriptions after recasting. [2]
A clock facing the city
Cork Corporation erected the tower’s four clock faces in 1847, supplied by Mangan’s of Cork. Each face measures fourteen feet across. The diocese records the local nickname “four-faced liar” and explains that wind affecting the hands could make the faces show slightly different times. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saint Anne's, Shandon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cork’s Famous Bells — the Bells of Shandon · United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.