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St Patrick's Cathedral, Killala

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The Cathedral Church of St Patrick is one of Ireland’s smallest cathedrals and consists of a long rectangular four-bay gable-ended nave (32 m x 10 m) with a square tower and spire at the west end and a gable-ended vestry at the north end. A staircase leads to a gallery in the nave. The nave
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of the Church of Ireland. It is situated on the Ballina to Ballycastle road in the small coastal village of Killala, County Mayo, Ireland. It is part of the
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in 1111. The medieval cathedral was probably destroyed in the troubles of the 16th century. It was certainly in ruins by 1611.
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The present building was constructed in the 1670s, during the episcopate of Thomas Otway,
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The graveyard contains a 9th-century souterrain with several chambers.
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is fitted with boxed pews and a rare Telford organ dating from 1838.
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54°12′43.852″N 9°13′12.932″W / 54.21218111°N 9.22025889°W / 54.21218111; -9.22025889
Ireland
Denomination
Church of Ireland
Killala Cathedral
Province
Dublin
Diocese
Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe
Bishop(s)
Michael Burrows
St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam
Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe
ecclesiastical province of Dublin
St. Patrick
St. Muredach
Synod of Ráth Breasail
Bishop of Killala and Achonry
Dean of Killala
List of cathedrals in Ireland
Church of Ireland
Day, J.G.F./
Patton, H.E.
London
S.P.C.K.
1932
Killala online
Conservation report - Buildings and Grounds
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