11. St Mary’s Dominican Church

1. Crinoid

2. Olivellites

3. Crinoid

Dominicans first arrived in Cork in the 13th Century. They started to build this church in 1832. The church was blessed and opened for public worship on Sunday, October 20th, 1879. Among the congregation on that day was Daniel O’Connell, ‘The Liberator’. The limestone has many prominent fossils.