Known locally as the 'four-faced liar' because its clockfaces never told the same time, Cork's iconic Shandon Steeple is now showing its best face following the completion of a major restoration programme.
Funded by Cork City Council and the Department of Heritage, Local Government and Housing, the project cost a total of €590,000 and involved works to its clocks, its bell supports, and its original 300-year-old front door.
Officially St Anne's Church in Shandon, the historic structure dates from 1722 and is of huge archaeological, architectural, historical and cultural significance to Cork city.
The image of its tower clock and salmon weathervane, known as the 'goldie fish', is widely used as a symbol of Cork city.
Lord Mayor, Councillor Fergal Dennedy said the project "has helped safeguard part of Cork's soul" as he paid tribute to the experts and craftspeople whose skills, he said, "brought new life to this iconic building".
