The Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

Tuam Tuam ( ; ga, Tuaim , meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midlands of Ireland, about north of Galway city. Humans have lived in the area since the Bron ...

, commonly called Tuam Cathedral, is the cathedral for the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam The Archdiocese of Tuam ( ; ga, Ard-Deoise Thuama) is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church ( particularly the Roman Catholic or Latin Church) located in western Ireland. The archdiocese is led by the Archbishop of ...

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. The geographic remit of the Archdiocese includes half of

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, half of

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and part of

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. Prior to the

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, the diocesan cathedral was St Mary's, which was constructed in the 14th century, on the site of an earlier building. Upon the appointment of William Mullaly by

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Archbishop of Tuam The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ga, Ard-Easpag Thuama) is an archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Catholic Church. Histor ...

for the

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, the

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clergy were dispossessed of the cathedral. Almost three centuries were to elapse before a relaxation of the Penal Laws permitted the building of a replacement – the current edifice.

Burials

John de Burgh (Archbishop) John de Burgh, or de Burgo, or Burke (; ; 1590 – 4 April 1667) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Vicar Apostolic (1629–41) and Bishop (1642–47) of Clonfert, and Archbishop of Tuam (1647–67). Background John de Burgh ...

– in the Oratory of St. Jarlath. *

John MacHale John MacHale ( ir, Seán Mac Éil; 6 March 1789 (or 1791) – 7 November 1881) was the Irish Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, and Irish nationalist. He laboured and wrote to secure Catholic Emancipation, legislative independence, justice for te ...

, Archbishop of Tuam – before the high altar *

Joseph Cunnane Joseph Cunnane D.D. (5 October 1913 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish Catholic clergyman who served as the Archbishop of Tuam from 1969 to 1987. Born in the parish of Knock in County Mayo, he was educated at St. Jarlath's College, Tuam, and S ...

, Archbishop of Tuam – in the cathedral grounds

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Bibliography

* Jeremy Williams ''A Companion Guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837–1921'', Irish Academic Press 1994 * Peter Galloway ''The Cathedrals of Ireland'', The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1992

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Catholic Encyclopedia: Tuam

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