A list of Catholic churches in Ireland, notable current and former individual church buildings and congregations and administration of the

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. These churches are listed buildings or have been recognised for their historical importance, or are church congregations notable for reasons unrelated to their buildings.

Churches

Sorted according to the

counties of Ireland The counties of Ireland (Irish language, Irish: ) are historic administrative divisions of the island into thirty-two units. They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English (Ireland) ...

, with reference to the Catholic dioceses, which are in the

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

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Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...

, Cashel,

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

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 ...

Antrim

In the

Diocese of Down and Connor The Diocese of Down and Connor, ( ga, Deoise an Dúin agus Chonaire) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the me ...

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St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast Saint Peter's Cathedral, Belfast ( ga, Ard Eaglais Naomh Peadar, ), is the Catholic cathedral church for the Diocese of Down and Connor, and is therefore the episcopal seat of the Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor. It is located in the Divis Str ...

Clonard Monastery Clonard Monastery is a Catholic church located off the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and home to a community of the Redemptorists religious order. History In late 19th century Belfast, the Catholic population grew to such an extent ...

St Malachy's Church, Belfast Saint Malachy's Church is a Catholic Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located in Alfred Street, a short distance from Belfast City Hall , though it precedes that building by over 60 years. The Church is the focal point of the local pari ...

St Mary's Church, Belfast St. Mary's Church, Belfast ( ga, Naoimh Eaglais Mhuire) is a Grade B-1 listed Roman Catholic church located in Chapel Lane/Smithfield area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. A church was opened on this site in May 1784 and thus it is the mother churc ...

St Patrick's Church, Belfast St. Patrick's Church, Belfast ( ga, Eaglais Naomh Padraig) is a Roman Catholic church located in Donegall Street area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first church was opened on the site in 1815 while the current building dates from 1877. Fir ...

Armagh

In the Archdiocese of Armagh: * St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh

Carlow

In the

Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin (; ga, Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinn) is a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Ireland. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the ...

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Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow The Cathedral of the Assumption is both the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin and the parish church for the cathedral parish. Located in Carlow town, the cathedral was dedicated to the Assumption of the Blesse ...

Cavan

In the Diocese of Kilmore: *

Cavan Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim, also known as Cavan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Cavan, Ireland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Kilmore, and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore. H ...

* St Aidan's Church, Butlersbridge

Clare

In 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 ...

: * Ennis Cathedral In the

Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora The Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora ( ga, Deoise na Gaillimhe, Chill Mhic Duaich agus Chill Fhionnúrach) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the west of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Tuam and is subject ...

: * St. Fachanan, Kilfenora In the Diocese of Limerick: * Church of St. John, Cratloe

Cork

In the

Diocese of Cork and Ross The Diocese of Cork and Ross ( ga, Deoise Chorcaí agus Rosa) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is Cathedral ...

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Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne The Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Anne (), also known as Saint Mary's Cathedral, The North Cathedral or The North Chapel, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located at the top of Shandon Street in Cork, Ireland. It is the seat of the Bishop of ...

* Church of St Mary and St John, Ballincollig *

Holy Trinity Church, Cork Holy Trinity Church, also known as Father Mathew Memorial Church, is a Roman Catholic Gothic Revival church and friary on Fr. Mathew Quay, on the bank of the River Lee in Cork. It belongs to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and is the only chu ...

(Capuchins) *

Honan Chapel The Honan Chapel (, formally Saint Finbarr's Collegiate Chapel and The Honan Hostel Chapel) is a small Catholic church built in the Hiberno-Romanesque revival style on the grounds of University College Cork, Ireland. Designed in 1914, the buil ...

* Saints Peter and Paul's Church, Cork *

St. Mary's Dominican Church and Priory St. Mary's Dominican Church and Priory, Pope's Quay in Cork, Ireland, is run by the Dominican Order. It serves as a local church and a priory housing a community of Dominican friars, and a novitiate for the order. Building of the church on the Po ...

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Skibbereen St. Patrick's Cathedral or Skibbereen Cathedral in Skibbereen, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, is parish (Catholic Church), parish of the Catholic Church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross, Diocese of Cork and Ross. It was the seat of ...

In the Diocese of Cloyne: *

St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh The Cathedral Church of St Colman ( ga, Ardeaglais Naomh Colmán), usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic cathedral and was completed in 1919. Bu ...

Derry

In the Diocese of Derry: *

St Eugene's Cathedral St Eugene's Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral located in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is the "Mother Church" for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Derry, as well as the parish Church of the parish of Templemore. History It was not until th ...

* St Columba's Church, Long Tower

Donegal

In the Diocese of Raphoe: *

Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba St Eunan's Cathedral ( ), or the Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba as it is also known, is a cathedral in the parish of Conwal and Leck, part of the Diocese of Raphoe. Built between the years of 1890 and 1900, the cathedral is found in Let ...

* Church of the Irish Martyrs, Letterkenny *

St Columba's Church, Burtonport St Columba's Church, Burtonport is a Catholic church which serves the coastal village of Burtonport in County Donegal, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europ ...

* St Columba's Church, Glenswilly In the Diocese of Clogher: * St Patrick's Purgatory

Down

In the Diocese of Dromore: *

Newry Cathedral Newry Cathedral or the Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Colman is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Newry, Northern Ireland. It acts as the seat of the Bishop of Dromore, and the Mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore. ...

Dublin

In the

Archdiocese of Dublin The Archbishop of Dublin is an archepiscopal title which takes its name after Dublin, Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Irelan ...

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St Mary's Pro-Cathedral St Mary's Church ( ga, Leas-Ardeaglais Naomh Muire), known also as St Mary's Pro-Cathedral or simply the Pro-Cathedral, the Chapel in Marlborough Street or the Pro, is a pro-cathedral and is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop ...

* Chapel Royal, Dublin *

Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Ballyfermot Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic church at Ireland, NW side of the roundabout where Kylemore and Ballyfermot roads meet in Ballyfermot, Dublin, Ireland. Raphael (archangel), St. Raphael's National school (Ireland), Nationa ...

Church of the Assumption, Booterstown Church of the Assumption, Booterstown is a Roman Catholic church located in Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland. The church represents the Parish of the Assumption Booterstown, which was established in 1616. The present church opened in 1813 an ...

* Church of the Assumption, Howth *

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Dublin The Church of the Immaculate Conception, also known as Adam and Eve's, is a Roman Catholic church run by the Franciscans and it is located on Merchants Quay, Dublin. History During the Dissolution reign of King Henry VIII around 1540 the Fri ...

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Saint Francis Xavier Church, Dublin Saint Francis Xavier Church, popularly known as Gardiner Street Church, is a Catholic church on Upper Gardiner Street near Mountjoy Square in Dublin, Ireland. The church is run by the Jesuits. History Designed by Father Bartholomew Esmonde S ...

(Jesuit) *

John's Lane Church The Church of St. Augustine and St. John, commonly known as John's Lane Church, is a large Roman Catholic Church located on Thomas Street, Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay ...

Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners Church Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners is a Roman Catholic Church (building), church in Rathmines, Dublin built in 1854 in the Ancient Greek architecture, "Greek style". The church was originally designed by Patrick Byrne (architect), Patrick Byrne a ...

Newman University Church The Church of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, also known as Newman University Church or Catholic University Church, is a Catholic church in Dublin, Ireland. History Groundbreaking took place on the site of the gardens of 87 St Stephen's Green in May ...

St. Assam's Church St. Assam's is the name of two historic churches in the village of Raheny, Dublin, one a ruin in the middle of the village, one the structurally sound but no longer primary church built for the local Roman Catholic community of the area after ...

* St Audoen's Church, Dublin *

St Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin St. Andrew's Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Westland Row, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Construction started in 1832, it opened for public worship in 1834 but was not completed until 1837.Watson, p. 23 History The architect appoin ...

* St James' Church, Dublin * St Mary's Church, Haddington Road, Dublin * St Peter's Church, Phibsborough, Dublin * St Catherine's Church, Dublin *

St. John the Baptist, Blackrock St. John the Baptist, Blackrock is a Roman Catholic church in the parish of Blackrock, Ireland. The church is still in use and named after the Saint John the Baptist. It is located on Temple Road, Blackrock, County Dublin. History The church ...

* St. Joseph's Carmelite Church, Berkeley Road * St. Joseph's Church, East Wall * St. Kevin's Church, Harrington Street, Dublin *

St. Michan's Catholic Church, Dublin St. Michan's Catholic Church is a Catholic Church located on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is the parish church for the Halston Street Parish in the Archdiocese of Dublin. History The church was built between 1810 and 1817. It was cons ...

* Church of St Nicholas of Myra Without * St. Patrick's Church, Ringsend * St. Paul's Church, Dublin *

Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church is a Roman Catholic church in Dublin, Ireland maintained by the Carmelite order. The church is noted for having the relics of Saint Valentine, which were donated to the church in the 19th century by Pope Gre ...

Galway

In the

: * Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway *

St Ignatius Church, Galway St Ignatius Church or the Jesuit Church is a Roman Catholic Church building served by the Society of Jesus next to Coláiste Iognáid in Galway. It was founded in 1863 and is a protected structure in the city. History Origins The Jesuits came ...

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Kylemore Abbey Kylemore Abbey ( ga, Mainistir na Coille Móire) is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The abbey was founded for Benedictine Nuns who fled Belgium in World War I and ...

(Benedictine) In the Archdiocese of Tuam: *

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam The Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam, commonly called Tuam Cathedral, is the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam in Ireland. The geographic remit of the Archdiocese includes half of County G ...

In the Diocese of Clonfert: *

St Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea The Cathedral of St. Brendan, Loughrea, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert. Though designed in neo-gothic style, it arguably houses the most extensive collection of arts and crafts and Celtic Revival artifacts of ...

* St. Michael's Church, Ballinasloe

Kerry

In the Diocese of Kerry: *

St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney St. Mary's Cathedral, Killarney, is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Kerry situated to the west of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Architecture St. Mary's Cathedral was designed by the renowned English architect Augustus Welby Pugin ...

Kildare

In the

: * St. Anne's Church, Ardclough In the

: * St. Brigid's Church, Straffan

Kilkenny

In the

Diocese of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory () is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Provinces of Ireland, Province of Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remain ...

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St Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny St Mary’s is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory. It is situated on James’s Street, Kilkenny, Ireland. Saint Mary’s was designed by William Deane Butler (c.1794-1857). He was chosen by Bishop William Kinsella (17 ...

Black Abbey The Black Abbey of Kilkenny, Ireland, is a Catholic priory of the Dominican Order, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. Black Abbey was established in 1225 as one of the first houses of the Dominican Order in Ireland. The history of the ...

(Dominicans) *

Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Kilkenny The Church of Saint John the Evangelist, or John's Church, is a Gothic Revival style church in Kilkenny, Ireland. The Church was designed by William Hague and built from 1903 to 1908 on the site of an earlier church located in the graveyard. Th ...

Leitrim

In the

Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise The Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise ( ga, Deoise Ardach agus Chluain Mhic Nóis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland. Geography The diocese is entirely within the Republic of Ireland and contains most of counties Longford and Leitrim, wit ...

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Costello Chapel The Costello Chapel is a very small Catholic chapel located in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwe ...

Limerick

In the Diocese of Limerick: *

St John's Cathedral (Limerick) St. John's Cathedral ( ga, Ardeaglais 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 found ...

Longford

In the

: * St Mel's Cathedral

Louth

In the Archdiocese of Armagh: *

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Drogheda St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church is located on West Street, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. Designed by J. O'Neill and W.H. Byrne and built in the French Gothic style of local limestone ashlar in 1884. The church is famous for its tall west ...

St. Patrick's Church, Dundalk The Church of St. Patrick, also named St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral, is a large Roman Catholic church located in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Dedicated to Saint Patrick known as the "Apostle of Ireland". He is the primary patron saint of Irelan ...

Mayo

In the Archdiocese of Tuam: *

Knock Shrine The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock, commonly referred to as Knock Shrine, is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site and national shrine in the village of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, where locals claimed to have seen an apparition in 1879 of the Ble ...

Ballintubber Abbey Ballintubber Abbey is an abbey 2 kilometres northeast of Ballintubber, Mayo in Ireland that was founded by King Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair in 1216. History Despite being suppressed and damaged during the Protestant Reformation, the roofless ...

Claremorris church The Church of Saint Colman (in Irish: ''Eaglais Naomh Cólman'') is a Roman Catholic parish church in the parish of Claremorris and Barnacarroll, in Ireland. It designed in Early English Gothic style by R. M. Butler, and it was built in 1911. ...

In the Diocese of Killala: * St Muredach's Cathedral, Ballina

Meath

In the

Diocese of Meath The Diocese of Meath ( ga, Deoise na Mí) is an Irish diocese which took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it still exists as a separate diocese, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other ...

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Silverstream Priory Silverstream Priory is a Roman Catholic monastery in Stamullen, County Meath, Ireland, founded in 2012. The monastery is an autonomous diocesan priory of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration. Mark Daniel Kirby (b. 1952) is the founder ...

(Benedictine) *

St Mary's Church, Navan St. Mary's Church ( ga, Eaglais Mhuire) in Navan, County Meath is one of two churches that make up the modern-day Parish of Navan in the Diocese of Meath. It was opened in 1839. History The modern Navan Parish is made up of five mediaeval paris ...

Roscommon

In the Diocese of Achonry: * Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nathy, Ballaghaderreen In the

Diocese of Elphin The Diocese of Elphin () was established following the Synod of Rathbreasail in the year 1118. In that year the see for east Connacht was moved from Roscommon. Elphin was the traditional site of a monastic house established by St Patrick , althou ...

: * Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon

Sligo

In the

: *

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin. It is located on Temple Street in Sligo, Ireland. The cathedral was developed by Bishop Laurence Gillooly who had been appointed Bisho ...

Tipperary

In the

Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly ( ga, Ard-Deoise Chaisil agus Imligh) is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church ( particularly the Roman Catholic or Latin Church) located in mid-western Ireland and the metropolis o ...

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Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles The Cathedral of the Assumption is the mother church of the Metropolitan Province of Cashel and the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly in Thurles, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is the cathedra of the Archbis ...

St Ailbe's Church St Ailbe's Church is a Catholic church in Emly County Tipperary, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Euro ...

, Emly In the

: * St. Cronan's Church, Roscrea

Tyrone

In the Diocese of Derry: *

Sacred Heart Church, Plumbridge Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Plumbridge, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. It was built in 1896 and is a Grade B2 listed building. History Sacred Heart Church was constructed in 1896. There had previousl ...

Waterford

In the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore: *

Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore located in Barronstrand Street, Waterford City, Ireland. The cathedral is the oldest post-Reformation Catholic cathedral in ...

St Patrick's Catholic Church, Waterford St Patrick's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Jenkin's Lane in the city of Waterford, Ireland. It is one of the oldest surviving Irish Catholic churches to have been built after the Reformation in Ireland. History Between the ...

Westmeath

In the

: * Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar * St Paul's Church, Mullingar In the Archdiocese of Tuam: *

Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Athlone Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

Wexford

In the Diocese of Ferns: * St. Aidan's Cathedral

Wicklow

In the Archdiocese of Dublin: * Holy Redeemer Church, Bray * Queen of Peace, Bray

Churches

Antrim

Armagh

Carlow

Cavan

Clare

Cork

Derry

Donegal

Down

Dublin

Galway

Kerry

Kildare

Kilkenny

Leitrim

Limerick

Longford

Louth

Mayo

Meath

Roscommon

Sligo

Tipperary

Tyrone

Waterford

Westmeath

Wexford

Wicklow

See also

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