The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Patrick's Rock is a

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of the

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. It is in the

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. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Cashel, it is now one of six cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Cashel Ferns and Ossory.

Ecclesiastical history

The historic cathedral on the

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had been seized by the

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from the

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in the 1530s and was then handed over to the newly established

. This mediaeval cathedral was closed for worship by the Church of Ireland in 1721. Meanwhile, the old parish church of St John was removed and the present Georgian cathedral completed in 1784. Its famous Samuel Green organ was built in 1786, while Charles Agar was Archbishop, and the Chapter House was built to hold the Bolton Library.

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Ecclesiastical history

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