Turners Cross
Crois an Tornóra | |
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Town | |
 The Church of Christ the King | |
  Turners Cross Location in Cork | |
| Coordinates: 51°53′10″N 8°27′51″W / 51.8862°N 8.4642°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| Administrative area | Cork (city) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Turners Cross (Irish: Crois an Tornóra)[1] is a ward on the south side of Cork City in Ireland, and home to the Roman Catholic parish of the same name.
Largely residential, one of the key features of the area is the iconic church created by architect Barry Byrne and sculptor John Storrs, the Church of Christ the King. It was commissioned in 1927 by Rev Daniel Cohalan D.D., Bishop of Cork. The church was the first Irish church to be built from concrete instead of brick,[2] and is one of the largest suspended-ceiling churches in Europe.[2] Opened in 1931, the church is based on the principles of Art Deco, which makes strong use of symmetric and geometric forms.[3] Turners Cross is part of the Cork South-Central Dáil constituency.
- ^ "Crois an Tornóra / Turners Cross". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Church Of Christ The King". turnerscross.com. Turners Cross. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Architecture - Building Description". turnerscross.com. Turners Cross Parish. Retrieved 13 December 2022.