St Mary's Cathedral, Elphin

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St. Mary's Cathedral, Elphin
St Mary's Cathedral, Elphin
53°50′43″N8°11′26″W / 53.845229°N 8.190599°W / 53.845229; -8.190599
LocationAchonry, Co Roscommon
CountryIreland
Denomination Church of Ireland
Administration
Province Province of Armagh
Diocese Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh

St Mary's Cathedral, Elphin, [1] is a former cathedral in 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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