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St Eunan's Cathedral In Letterkenny
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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe, Diocese of Raphoe. Built between the years of 1890 and 1900, the cathedral is found in Letterkenny, County Donegal in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. There are two cathedrals in the county; an older St Eunan's Cathedral, Raphoe, cathedral of the same name is found in the town of Raphoe, and since the Reformation in Ireland, Reformation, has been used by the Church of Ireland. The cathedral was commissioned by Patrick O'Donnell (cardinal), Cardinal O'Donnell - then Bishop of Raphoe - and who, in 1888 aged 32, became the youngest bishop in the world at that time. The cathedral, located on Castle Street opposite Conwal Parish Church (Church of Ireland), Conwal Parish Church in the town, has a spire height of 73m/240ft and celebrated its Century, centenary in 2001. Description The cathedral is named f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letterkenny
Letterkenny ( , meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of Ulster. Along with the nearby city of Derry, Letterkenny is a regional economic gateway for the north-west of Ireland. Letterkenny began as a market town at the start of the 17th century, during the Plantation of Ulster. A castle once stood near where the Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba, County Donegal's only Catholic Church, Catholic cathedral, stands today. Letterkenny Castle, built in 1625, was located south of Mt Southwell on Castle Street. County Donegal's largest third-level institution, Atlantic Technological University, Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Letterkenny, is located in the town, as are St Eunan's College, Highland Radio, and a Hinduism, Hindu temple. Letterkenny was also the original home of Oatfield (confectioner), Oatfield Sweet Factory, a confectionery manufacturer; the factory c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Raphoe
:''See Diocese of Derry and Raphoe for the Anglican (Church of Ireland) counterpart'' The Diocese of Raphoe ( ; ; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses in the inter-Irish primatial ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh.Archdiocese of Armagh Retrieved on 16 January 2009. On 9 June 2017, was appointed and was ordained to the episcopate on 5 August 2017. History * Estab ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letterkenny Cathedral Altar 1900
Letterkenny ( , meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of Ulster. Along with the nearby city of Derry, Letterkenny is a regional economic gateway for the north-west of Ireland. Letterkenny began as a market town at the start of the 17th century, during the Plantation of Ulster. A castle once stood near where the Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba, County Donegal's only Catholic cathedral, stands today. Letterkenny Castle, built in 1625, was located south of Mt Southwell on Castle Street. County Donegal's largest third-level institution, Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Letterkenny, is located in the town, as are St Eunan's College, Highland Radio, and a Hindu temple. Letterkenny was also the original home of Oatfield Sweet Factory, a confectionery manufacturer; the factory closed and was demolished in 2014. In 1798, Theobald Wolfe Tone was arrested at Laird' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conwal Parish Church (Church Of Ireland)
Conwal Parish Church is a Church of Ireland church located in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. It is located opposite the Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba at the top of ''Church Street''. The church dates back to the 17th century. Building The building is believed to have been constructed when a church located at Conwal, not far from Churchill, fell into ruins. The church is rubble built with an ashlar spire. The interior retains its early 19th century cast-iron circular roof, trusses and a short gallery and twisted brass brackets. Graveyard A niece of Jane Austen (daughter of her brother Edward), is buried in the graveyard there, alongside her husband Lord George Hill. Vandals "smashed to smithereens" the tombstone of the Wray vault, dating from 1750 and the oldest in the graveyard, in 1971. History The Civil Survey of 1652-56 gives an interesting image into what the town was like in the 17th century: ''"There is a town called Letterkenny which hath a market eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
