Welcome to the Website of Mallow Union of Parishes

Thank you for visiting our website. We are centered on the growing and diverse town of Mallow in North County Cork, beside the River Blackwater, where the spire of St James’s Church is a significant landmark. The area served by this Union of parishes stretches from the Kerry border in the West (taking in the towns of Kanturk, Millstreet and Newmarket); and extends East towards the River Awbeg, where two of our churches are located, in Castletownroche and Doneraile. To the North, we take in the towns of Buttevant and Charleville before arriving at the border with County Limerick.    

More widely, Mallow Union are part of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Church of Ireland, which is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, with over 70 million people in 164 countries, making us the third largest Christian body in the world.  

We strive to be communities of welcome and hospitality, where the Eucharist is at the heart of our worshipping life, and our worship of God inspires us to promote care and justice in the wider world.  

I hope you will get a sense of who we are as three distinctive and diverse worshipping communities serving different communities. Wherever you find yourself on the journey of faith and life, I trust you will discover things to encourage and inspire you.  And I hope you will sense how welcome you are in our churches, as a visitor, as an enquirer, and as a pilgrim.  

Meurig Williams, Rector  

Meurig Williams, Rector

St James' Church celebrates the Bicentenary in 2024.

COMING UP IN MALLOW UNION

HOLY WEEK & EASTER

Join us at a Service

  • 11:00am
    Wed
    20
    Mar

    The Eucharist

    St James' Church, Mallow

  • 7:30pm
    Fri
    22
    Mar

    WORLD DAY OF PRAYER 2024

    Hazelwood Church
    A time to pray for peace in the world, held at Hazelwood Church, Doneraile

  • 10:00am
    Sun
    24
    Mar

    The Eucharist

    St Mary's Church, Castletownroche
    Palm Sunday

  • 10:00am
    Sun
    24
    Mar

    Morning Prayer

    St Mary's Church, Doneraile
    Palm Sunday

  • 11:45am
    Sun
    24
    Mar

    The Eucharist

    St James' Church, Mallow
    Palm Sunday

  • 8:00pm
    Mon
    25
    Mar

    Night Prayer with Meditation

    St James' Church, Mallow
    with a devotional address

  • 8:00pm
    Tue
    26
    Mar

    Night Prayer with Meditation

    St Mary's Church, Castletownroche
    with a devotional address

  • 11:00am
    Wed
    27
    Mar

    The Eucharist

    St James' Church, Mallow

  • 8:00pm
    Thu
    28
    Mar

    Maundy Thursday Eucharist

    St Mary's Church, Castletownroche
    A celebration of the Eucharist with the Washing of Feet and Stripping of the Sanctuary

Latest News

  • Monthly Notes: March 2024
    WHEN CHRISTMAS MEETS EASTER We concluded our Christmas celebrations on the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord (Candlemas) on Sunday 28th January, which is one of the oldest Christian festivals. On that day, the Eucharist at St James’s, Mallow, included the traditional ceremonies at the conclusion of the service, as we marked this turning …

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Special events

  • faremers market

    9:30am
    Fri
    22
    Mar

    Weekly Mallow Farmers Market

    St James' Church, Mallow

    A friendly, community driven market with some excellent produce to buy, runs from 9:30 - 12:30 so come early.

  • 7:30pm
    Fri
    22
    Mar

    WORLD DAY OF PRAYER 2024

    Hazelwood Church

    A time to pray for peace in the world, held at Hazelwood Church, Doneraile

  • 11:30am
    Sun
    24
    Mar

    Jigsaw Club

    St James' Church Hall, Mallow

    Activities for our younger worshippers in the Parish Hall in Mallow from 11.30am.
    This is a weekly opportunity for our younger worshippers to engage with the scriptures in an enjoyable and informal setting and highlights the important connection between work with young people and Sunday worship.

  • 7:30pm
    Sun
    24
    Mar

    ECUMENICAL WORSHIP

    Convent of Mercy

    An opportunity for Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Methodists to worship and meet together on the fourth Sunday of each month at 7.30pm in the hall at the rear of the Convent of Mercy, Main Street, Charleville (a few doors down from Holy Cross church).

  • 8:00pm
    Mon
    25
    Mar

    Night Prayer with Meditation

    St James' Church, Mallow

    with a devotional address

  • 8:00pm
    Tue
    26
    Mar

    Night Prayer with Meditation

    St Mary's Church, Castletownroche

    with a devotional address

  • Maundy Thursday

    8:00pm
    Thu
    28
    Mar

    Maundy Thursday Eucharist

    St Mary's Church, Castletownroche

    A celebration of the Eucharist with the Washing of Feet and Stripping of the Sanctuary

  • 8:00pm
    Fri
    29
    Mar

    The Liturgy of Good Friday

    St James' Church, Mallow

    dramatic reading of the Passion according to St John

  • 8:00pm
    Sat
    30
    Mar

    The Easter Vigil

    St Mary's Church, Castletownroche

    with lighting of the new fire, vigil of readings, renewal of baptismal vows and first Eucharist of Easter