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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]
It is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the city's original cathedral, St. Mary's Cathedral, being Anglican. The building was claimed to have the tallest spire in Ireland at 94 m (308 ft), but a modern measurement showed it is only 81 m (266 ft), shorter than St. Colman's Cathedral, Cobh. [4]
Limerick Cathedral (Saint Mary's) is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and was founded in 1168 and is the oldest building in Limerick which is in use. [1] It has the only complete set of misericords left in Ireland. [2] In 1111, the Synod of Ráth Breasail decided that "Saint Mary's church" would become the cathedral church of the Diocese of ...
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Kilteely and Dromkeen is an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly that is located in eastern County Limerick, Ireland.The southern part of the parish is centred on the village of Kilteely (Irish: Cill Tíle or "The Church of Tidel") [1] which is located at the foot of the Hill of Kilteely, about 14 miles south-east of the city of Limerick.
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.
Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Limerick, it is now one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe. The cathedral is open to the public throughout the week subject to church services. St Mary's, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, was founded in 1168 and is the oldest building in Limerick which is in daily use.
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 ...