The construction of Carlow Cathedral started in 1826 under the supervision of the architect Joseph Lynch who was succeeded by the architect Thomas Cobden in 1829 who changed the design.
Built in 1836, it was demolished in 1936 to make way for the new Christ the King Cathedral.
When designing the Cathedral, William Farrell kept the tower of the earlier Plantation church,
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, as designed by Thomas J.
In 1840 a local fundraising committee commissioned Augustus Welby Pugin to design a new cathedral,
A design for reconstruction comprising a new tower,
A monumental cathedral, the largest building in Ireland to designs prepared by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) reputedly based on Tintern Abbey in Wales.
Originally designed by J.B.
Kilkenny has two cathedrals, the older St Canice’s belonging to the Church of Ireland and St Mary’s for the catholic faith.
The Cathedral Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St.
