St. Carthage Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of Lismore. It was dedicated in the 17th century to St. Carthage after a reconstruction of the medieval cathedral which had fallen into ruin during a fire in the 17th century. Reconstruction began in 1663 to the designs of the architect William Robinson. The roof was restored in the 18th century.
St Colman's Cathedral, dating from the 13th century, is the historic cathedral of the diocese of Cloyne, founded in 887. At the Reformation, the church became Protestant and the Catholics moved the seat of the diocese to Cobh Cathedral.
The Priory of Athassel, founded at the end of the 12th century, is a former Cistercian monastery. In 1319 and 1329, Irish troops destroyed the monastery because the Anglo-Norman family of Burgo supported the monks. Later rebuilt, the monastery was destroyed again in 1447, causing it to decline because apparently the roof of the church was not rebuilt.
St Colman's Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of Cobh. It is a large, elaborate neo-Gothic building, built between 1868 and 1915. The spire of the cathedral is 81 metres high, making it the fourth highest church in Ireland.
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