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St. Mary's Church of Ireland

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St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
Phone:
+353 64 663 1832

Hours:
Sunday9am - 8pm
Monday9am - 8pm
Tuesday9am - 8pm
Wednesday9am - 8pm
Thursday9am - 8pm
Friday9am - 8pm
Saturday9am - 8pm


St. Mary's Cathedral, Killarney, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in County Kerry, Ireland. St. Mary's Cathedral was designed by the renowned English Architect Augustus Welby Pugin who is said to have gained inspiration from the ruins of Ardfert Cathedral which is particularly evident in the slender triple lancets in the east and west walls.Construction was not continuous. The Great Famine and the lack of available funds meant the work was stopped several times and when recommenced in 1853 the interior decorations were designed by James Joseph McCarthy. In 1855 the building was ready for regular worship. Separately the spire and nave were completed in 1907 by the Irish Architects Ashlin and Coleman of Dublin who had designed Cobh Cathedral. The width of the nave was based on the medieval models to be found throughout Ireland and England. The west end is very Irish in character, with three tall lancet windows and a very low entrance door beneath. The stonework used is an attractive mixture of brown and grey stone. The siting of the church is more like the siting of a priory than the siting of a cathedral, as the cathedral stands in a huge field instead of in the middle of the original settlement of Killarney. In 1973 the cathedral was reordered' under the direction of Bishop of Kerry Eamonn Casey. Many of the original interior features were removed or damaged and this renovation is regarded by some as controversial.A flavour of the scale of the change envisioned by the architect Ray Carroll is given in this assessment The greatest single change was the removal of all the internal Victorian plasterwork. The original reredos, altar and screens were removed, the floor of the crossing was raised to the level of the former sanctuary, and a new sanctuary was created at the crossing. A new altar, pulpit, throne and chairs, all made of Tasmanian oak, were installed.
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