1172 – Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Christ Church Cathedral is the Church of Ireland Cathedral for the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough.
1191 – St Patrick’s Cathedral, Patrick Street, Dublin
St Patrick’s Cathedral is traditionally the site of a holy well used by St Patrick for baptisms and a church was established here as early as the late fifth century –
1194 – St Mary’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Limerick
Construction on St. Mary’s Cathedral started in the 12th century, and was completed around 1194.
1223 – St. Brigid’s Cathedral, Kildare, Co. Kildare
St. Brigid’s Cathedral, most recently rebuilt in the 19th century, stands on the original site of the nunnery founded by St.
1270 – Cathedral, Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary
The Rock of Cashel, also known as Cashel of the Kings,
1285 – St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
The cathedral was built between 1202 and 1285 in an early English Gothic style out of the local limestone.
1358 – Long Choir, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
During the 1350s a major extension to the cathedral was undertaken by John de St Paul,
1533 – St. Columbs’s Cathedral, Derry
Described in ‘Tours in Ulster a hand-book to the antiquities and scenery of the north of Ireland’,
1664 – Clonfert Cathedral, Co. Galway
The original monastery was founded here by Saint Brendan in 563 and it is here that the great navigating saint is buried.
1730 – St. Mary the Virgin & St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architect: Richard Cassels
A much modified Georgian Cathedral with Victorian glass and fitttings from 1890,
