Killaloe_Cathedral

Killaloe Cathedral

Killaloe Cathedral

Anglican Cathedral in County Clare, Ireland


The Cathedral Church of St Flannan, Killaloe (/ˌkɪləˈl/ kil-ə-LOO) is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Killaloe, County Clare in Ireland.

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Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Killaloe, it is now one of five cathedrals in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. The Dean of the Cathedral is the Very Reverend Roderick Lindsay Smyth who is also Dean of Clonfert, Dean of Kilfenora and both Dean and Provost of Kilmacduagh

Architecture

Killaloe Cathedral dates from the transition between the Romanesque and Gothic periods.[when?] The front is decorated with arabesque ornaments.[1] On the north side of the cathedral is a small oratory or chapel of a date far prior to the cathedral; and probably the original sanctuary of the holy man who founded the abbey. Its roof is very deep, and made entirely of stone; it has a belfry, and two doorways to the east and west.[2]

In the bell tower is a chime of eight bells cast by Matthew O'Byrne of Dublin in 1896. The heaviest bell weighs just over 500 kilograms.[3]

Recent restoration

A £200,000 restoration project involving the repair of a Romanesque doorway and the reconstruction of a 12th-century high cross, was completed in 2001. The Kilfenora Cross, embedded in the walls of the Gothic cathedral in the 1930s, is once again free-standing. The imposing 12-ft monument is now in the nave of the building.[4]

Burials

See also


References

  1. Journal of a Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806 by Richard Colt Hoare
  2. "The Ringing World" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2018.

52.8065°N 8.43925°W / 52.8065; -8.43925


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