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St. Nicholas parish in Cork so small, and intermixed with other small parishes, that no provision for a minister:
and the church in danger of ruin;
no church for those other parishes.
Bishop of Cork with approbation or archbishop, and consent of dean and chapter and majority of adjacent parishioners of the south suburbs of Cork, may at vestry in St. Nicholas church unite such parishes to St. Nicholas parish forever.
The inhabitants liable to such taxes, &c. as those of the old parish of St. Nicholas.
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X. And whereas the parish of Saint Nicholas in the south suburbs of the city of Cork is so small, and the bounds thereof are so intermixed with other small contiguous parishes or parts of the said south liberties, called and described by the name of parishes, and in which no church is or can be built, that no provision can be made for the support of a clergyman to officiate in the church now built in the said parish of Saint Nicholas, nor even to repair the said church, and in which on that account there has been no divine service for some time, and said church is in danger of going to ruin: and whereas the inhabitants of the parishes or parts of the south liberties, called by these names: (viz.) Saint Bridget’s, Saint John’s of Jerusalem, Saint Nicholas, Saint Stephen’s, Saint Mary’s, Saint Dominick’s, have at present no church to resort to for the publick worship of God: for remedy whereof, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the bishop of Cork, with the approbation of the archbishop of the province, the consent of the dean and chapter of the cathedral of Saint Finbarry, Cork, and the consent of the majority of the inhabitants of the adjacent and contiguous parishes of Saint Nicholas, Saint Bridget’s, Saint John’s of Jerusalem, Saint Stephen’s, Saint Mary’s; Saint Dominick’s, or of these parts of the south suburbs of the city of Cork, called and known by these names assembled in vestry in Saint Nicholas church (eight days notice of such vestry being posted on the doors of the said church) may for ever unite all or any of the parishes of Saint Bridget’s, Saint John’s of Jerusalem, Saint Stephen’s, Saint Mary’s, Saint Dominick’s, or all or any of those parts of the south liberties of the city of Cork, known and distinguished by these names, to the parish of Saint Nicholas, and erect all or any of them, and the parish of Saint Nicholas, into one parish for ever to all intents and purposes whatsoever; and which so united and new erected parish shall be called and deemed the parish of Saint Nicholas; and the inhabitants thereof shall be liable to all such taxes and rates for the support of the minister or rector thereof, the maintenance of a parish-clerk, and the repairs of the said church of Saint Nicholas, and all such necessaries for divine service, and the other provisions, as the inhabitants of the old parish of Saint Nicholas were before this act.
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