The Cathedral Church of St Flannan, Killaloe ( ) is a

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of the

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Killaloe, County Clare Killaloe ( ; ) is a small town in east County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies on the River Shannon on the western bank of Lough Derg (Shannon), Lough Derg and is connected by Killaloe Bridge to the "twin town" of Ballina, County ...

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. Previously the cathedral of the

Diocese of Killaloe The Diocese of Killaloe ( ) may refer either to a Roman Catholic or a Church of Ireland (Anglican) diocese, in Ireland. Roman Catholic diocese The Diocese of Killaloe is the second largest Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland. It comprises the ...

, it is now one of five cathedrals in the

Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe The Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe (full title The United Dioceses of Tuam, Killala, Achonry, Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly) is a diocese of the Church of Ireland that is located in the ...

. The Dean of the Cathedral is the Very Reverend Roderick Lindsay Smyth who is also Dean of Clonfert,

Dean of Kilfenora The Dean of Kilfenora was based at the Kilfenora Cathedral, Cathedral Church of St Fachnan (also known as St Fachtna) in Kilfenora, Clare in the small Diocese of Kilfenora within the Church of Ireland. It is probable that the Dean and Chapter we ...

and both Dean and Provost of

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Architecture

Killaloe Cathedral dates from the transition between the Romanesque and Gothic periods and was completed in 1225. The front is decorated with arabesque ornaments. On the north side of the cathedral is a small oratory or chapel (8.78 X 5.33 m (28ft 9 in X 17ft 6 in) of a date earlier than the cathedral; and probably the original sanctuary of the holy man who founded the abbey ( Saint Molua (d. c 609)). Its roof is very deep, and made entirely of stone; it has a belfry, and two doorways to the east and west. In the bell tower is a chime of eight bells cast by Matthew O'Byrne of Dublin in 1896. The heaviest bell weighs just over 500 kilograms.

Recent restoration

A £200,000 restoration project involving the repair of a Romanesque doorway and the reconstruction of a 12th-century high cross, was completed in 2001. The Kilfenora Cross, embedded in the walls of the Gothic cathedral in the 1930s, is once again free-standing. The imposing 12-ft monument is now in the nave of the building.Restoration project for St Flannan's Cathedral

Burials

John Rider (bishop) John Ryder (1562 – 1632) was a lexicographer who published an English-Latin Dictionary that was widely used in the 17th century. A favourite of Elizabeth I, he was Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and the Anglican Bishop of Killaloe. ...

Gallery

File:KillaloeCathedralRomanesqueDoorway.jpg, Romanesque doorway File:KillaloeCathedralHighCross.jpg, Killaloe High Cross File:Killaloe Stone with Ogham and runic inscriptiion - Killaloe-Stein mit Ogham- und Runeninschrift.jpg, Killaloe Stone - front view with

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File:Killaloe Stone with Ogham and runic inscription - Killaloe-Stein mit Ogham- und Runeninschrift 02.jpg, Killaloe Stone - side view with

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References

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Architecture

Recent restoration

Burials

Gallery

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