Cathedral of St John the Baptist
The 18th-century Cathedral of St John the Baptist is Sligo's Anglican cathedral. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was almost certainly built on the site of a medieval hospital and parish church in honour of the Trinity, founded in the 13th century. Part of the medieval structure is included in the present west tower. When the German-born Irish architect Richard Cassels (1690-1751) came to Sligo in 1730 to design Hazelwood House for the Wynne family, he was also commissioned to build St John's Church.