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Stone commemorating the construction and restorations of the cathedral. St. John's Cathedral (Irish: Ardeaglais Naomh Eoin) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Limerick, Ireland. Designed by the architect Philip Charles Hardwick, ground was broken in 1857 and the first Mass celebrated on 7 March 1859. It replaced a chapel founded in 1753.
The Diocese of Limerick (Irish: Deoise Luimnigh) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is St John's Cathedral in Limerick. The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Brendan Leahy.
It was originally a prebendal church, but by 1418 was attached to the Archdeaconry of Limerick. [4] Saint Michael's is one of the five original parishes of Limerick City. It was a joint parish of Saint John's until 1704 when Father Murtagh O'Hehir became the first Catholic parish priest of the new parish. [5] [6]
St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, the episcopal seat of the pre-Reformation and Church of Ireland bishops. St John's Cathedral, Limerick , the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic bishops. The Bishop of Limerick is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Limerick in the Province of Munster , Ireland .
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St John's Cathedral is located in the area and dates from 1861 and has Ireland's tallest spire at 94m. St John's Hospital is located adjacent to the cathedral which dates back to 1780 and was founded by Lady Hartstonge and other benefactors as a Fever and Lock Hospital and treated epidemics during the Great Famine (1845-1847). [3]
St. Mary's Cathedral. St Mary's Cathedral is the older of Limerick's two cathedrals and dates from the 12th century. The cathedral has elements of both Romanesque and Gothic styles of architecture with Romanesque arches and doorways and Gothic windows. The plan and elevation of the cathedral show signs of the design being an altered over the years.
St. Munchin's Parish (Irish: Paróiste Mhainchín) [1] is an Irish civil parish that lies partly in County Clare and partly in County Limerick, including the city centre of Limerick. It takes its name from Saint Munchin, the first Bishop of Limerick. According to tradition its church was the first cathedral of the diocese of Limerick, built in ...