Skibbereen Cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral or simply Skibbereen Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of Skibbereen. The church, designed by the architect Michael Augustine O'Riordan, was built between 1826 and 1830 in the neo-classical style.
St. Patrick's Cathedral or simply Skibbereen Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of Skibbereen. The church, designed by the architect Michael Augustine O'Riordan, was built between 1826 and 1830 in the neo-classical style.
St Fachtna's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of Rosscarbery. It is dedicated to St Fachtna († ~600), founder of the monastery of Rosscarbery, known for his school of scripture study. The church was the seat of the diocese of Ross, established in 1160 and merged with Cork in 1583.
Muckross Abbey, founded in 1448 as a monastery for the Franciscan friars, is today in a state of ruin. Looted several times in its history, the monastery was finally burnt down by Oliver Cromwell's troops in 1652. Today, the abbey, although it has no roof on most of it, is relatively well preserved. One of its curiosities is its vaulted cloister, in the Norman Romano-Gothic style, organised around an inner courtyard which houses a large yew tree several hundred years old, as in the abbey of Jumièges.
St Mary's Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of Killarney. It was built between 1842 and 1855 and was designed by the famous English architect Augustus Welby Pugin. It is considered to be one of the most important 19th century Gothic Revival churches in Ireland. The tower and nave were designed by the Irish architects Ashlin and Coleman of Dublin. The interior decoration was designed by J.J. McCarthy.