The carillon is located in the magnificent St Colman’s Cathedral overlooking Cobh town and Cork Harbour. This beautiful setting is appropriate for an instrument that is considered one of the best examples of its genre. The 49-bell Carillon of St Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh is the only such instrument in this country and is the largest in Ireland and Britain.
It also includes Ireland’s largest bell, named St Colman (3.6 tons). The carillon is played from a console within the belfry, consisting of a keyboard and a pedalboard. The action is completely mechanical and there is no artificial assist.
The bells of St Colman ' s
Adrian Gebruers, Carillonneur of St Colman’s Cathedral Carillon.
The present carillonneur is Adrian Patrick Gebruers. He received his initial training from his late father, Staf Gebruers, and subsequently studied in Mechelen, Belgium.
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Adrian Gebruers (Cathedral Carillonneur) at the Edward Bok Carillon Tower in Lake Wales (Florida)
Adrian Gebruers (Cathedral Carillonneur) at the Edward Bok Carillon Tower in Lake Wales (Florida) where he was guest recitalist at the International Carillon Festival in March 2022. Earlier this year, he was unanimously elected an Honorary Life Member of The Carillon Society of Britain and Ireland in recognition of his services to the carillon art.
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“Cobh Carillon Playing” deemed part of “Ireland’s Intangible Cultural Heritage”
On Thursday 18 July 2019 at a ceremony in Dublin, Josepha Madigan TD, Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, formally launched Ireland's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage which includes “Cobh Carillon Playing”.
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WCF 13th World Congress – Ireland 2002
The XIII World Carillon Federation Congress took place in Cobh and University College Cork from Sunday July 28 to Thursday August 1 2002, the first occasion this event was held in these islands
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Eurocarillon 2003, Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland.
The IX Eurocarillon Festival, which had as its theme “The Carillon and the Classics”, took place in Cobh from September 25 to 28, 2003. Taking part were carillonneurs Trevor Workman from England, Radek Rejsek from The Czech Republic
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80 Years of Recitals
AS 2007 marked the 80th Anniversary of summer carillon recitals at St Colman's, the Cobh Carillon Committee marked the occasion with an enhanced programme of events.
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