Once valued at €750k, a historic Cork City church is back up for sale at half the price
St Vincent's Church in Cork City is back on the market with its guide price reduced to €375,000. The historic building, which ceased religious use in 2016, is being marketed for potential conversion into residential, educational, or hospitality spaces.
Why it matters
The sale reflects the challenges of repurposing historic religious architecture in urban environments and the shifting real estate market in Ireland.
St Vincent's Church, Sunday's Well, Cork.
A decade after the last Mass was celebrated at the former St Vincent’s Church in Sunday’s Well and following a change of heart by potential purchaser UCC , the landmark Cork city building is back on the market with the guide price slashed in half to €375,000.
The imposing 170-year-old red sandstone building on Cork city’s northwestern hills is being sold by the Vincentian Order, which ceased religious ceremonies at the Gothic-style 12,000 sq ft premises in 2016.
Likely to have diverse buyer interest, the prominently sited building, on the shoulder of Sunday’s Well Road, adjoins a former Vincentian Order seminary, owned since 1999 by the UCC Department of Music, close to its North Mall campus.
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