St Vincent church in Cork city goes sale agreed for over 400000 euros

St Vincent's Church in the Sundays Well area of Cork city has gone sale agreed for more than 400,000 euros, the Irish Examiner reported. The deal was reached with another religious body to purchase the property. The site sits on the northern hills of Cork city and is historically linked to the Vincentian Fathers. [1]

The landmark building was the focus of a bidding war that at one point involved four religious bodies, according to the Irish Examiner. The buyers have declined to make their name public because they have not yet informed their congregation. The purchaser is understood to be a Christian church organisation with an established presence in Cork city. When the site was first put up for sale in 2018, interested parties included evangelical groups. [1]

The liturgical term hosanna is an acclamation used in Judaism as an appeal for help and in Christianity as a cry of praise. In the New Testament, crowds shouted the phrase during the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. [2][3]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, Cork city and the surrounding county have seen recent incidents at other historic churches. Irish police investigated an overnight burglary at the 18th-century St Anne's church in Shandon earlier in October, while a driver was injured after driving down pedestrian steps at St Joseph's Church in Glanmire. [4][5]