1857 – St. Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: William Deane Butler
Kilkenny has two cathedrals, the older St Canice’s belonging to the Church of Ireland and St Mary’s for the catholic faith.
1860 – Ballaghaderreen Cathedral, Co. Mayo
Architect: George Goldie, Hadfield and Goldie / W.H. Byrne
The Cathedral Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St.
1860 – St. Feithlim’s, Kilmore Cathedral, Co. Cavan
Architect: William Slater
Work on the present cathedral began in 1858,
1860 – St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh
Architects: Thomas Duff / J.J. McCarthy / G.C. Ashlin / Liam McCormick
The second of the cathedrals of Armagh,
1861 – Design for St. Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Architect: J.J. McCarthy
Design for St. Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan,
1861 – St John’s Cathedral, Limerick
Architect: Philip Charles Hardwick / M.A. Hennessy
The English architect of St.
1861 – Uncompleted Spire, St John’s Cathedral, Limerick
Architect: Philip Charles Hardwick
Uncompleted tower and spire for St John’s Cathedral,
1862 – Unbuilt Design for St. Finn Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
Architect: E.W. Godwin
Competition design from the 1862 competition published in The Building News,
1866 – St. Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast
Architect: Fr Jeremiah Ryan McAulay
Originally constructed as a parish church,
1873 – St. Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry, Ireland
Architect: J.J. McCarthy
Prior to its completion, The Dublin Builder remarked that “The Roman Catholic Cathedral,
