St Brendan's Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of Loughrea. Although designed in a neo-Gothic style, it houses perhaps the largest collection of neo-Celtic art and craft in Ireland. Its most notable feature is the extensive collection of stained glass windows created by the Dublin studio An Túr Gloine.
Considered to be one of the "last great stone cathedrals of Europe", the Galway cathedral was constructed in 1965 on the site of the old city prison. It is today one of the largest and most iconic buildings in the city.
Corcomroe Abbey is an old Cistercian abbey from the 13th century. The English Reformation led to the dissolution of Catholic monasteries in England and Ireland. In 1554, the abbey was given to the Earls of Thomond. The monks continued to cultivate the fields and maintain the abbey when circumstances permitted, but the political climate led to a steady decline. The last abbot, the Reverend John O'Dea, was appointed in 1628.
Clonfert Monastery and Cathedral is a religious building founded by St Brendan in the 6th century. Its abbey church became St Brendan's Cathedral. The oldest part of the present church dates from about 1180. It is Romanesque in style, with carved motifs of human and animal heads and foliage. Its southern transept, which has fallen into ruin, dates from this period; a later northern transept, in the Gothic style, has been removed.
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