St Mary's Cathedral, Elphin

St. Mary's Cathedral, Elphin
53°51′N 8°12′W / 53.85°N 8.2°W / 53.85; -8.2Coordinates: 53°51′N 8°12′W / 53.85°N 8.2°W / 53.85; -8.2
Location Achonry, Co Roscommon
Country Ireland
Denomination Church of Ireland
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
Province Province of Armagh

St Mary's Cathedral, Elphin,[1] is a former cathedral in the Republic of Ireland.[2]

It was formerly the cathedral of the Diocese of Elphin,[3] and then a joint cathedral in Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.[4] It was founded by St. Patrick and destroyed during the Rebellion of 1641.[5] It was rebuilt during the time of Bishop John Parker.[6] It has lain ruined since 1957.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. ↑ irelandxo
  3. ↑ "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland" Vol 4 p116Cotton,H: Dublin : James Charles & Son, 1878
  4. ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 392–393. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  5. ↑ "The Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland" Day, J.G.F./ Patton, H.E. p65: London, SPCK, 1932
  6. ↑ Gilbert, J. T., rev. by Jason McElligott, 'Parker, John (d. 1681), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
  7. ↑ GCatholic
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