St. Crumnathy's Cathedral, Achonry

St. Crumnathy's Cathedral, Achonry
Building exterior
54°04′41″N8°39′17″W / 54.0781°N 8.6547°W / 54.0781; -8.6547
Location	Achonry, County Sligo
Country	Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Administration
Province	Province of Armagh
Diocese	Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry

St. Crumnathy's Cathedral is a former cathedral in Achonry in County Sligo, Ireland. ^{[1] [2]}

Dedicated to St Nathy, ^[3] it was formerly in the Diocese of Achonry, ^[4] and then the joint cathedral of Killala and Achonry. ^[5] It was built in 1823, at a cost of £1066 with a grant from the Board of First Fruits, ^[6] on the site of an earlier monastic settlement. ^[7] It was one of three cathedrals in the Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry until it was deconsecrated in 1998. ^[7]

St. Crumnathy's Cathedral is a protected structure. ^[8]

References

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. "Diocese of Tuam, Kilala & Achonry - Achonry Cathedral St Crumnathy". www.tuam.anglican.org.^{[ dead link ]}
3. Whitley Stokes, Lives of Saints from the Book of Lismore (1890), p. xv (preface).
4. "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland" Vol 4 p97 Cotton, H: Dublin : James Charles & Son, 1878
5. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 395–396. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
6. Day, J.G.F.; Patton, H.E. (1932), The Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland, London: SPCK, p. 77
7. "Saint Crumnathy's Cathedral (Achonry), Achonry, Sligo". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
8. "Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030 - Record of Protected Structures" (PDF), sligococo.ie