St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo or more properly the Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist, Sligo but also known as Sligo Cathedral is one of two cathedral churches in the diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh (the other is St Fethlimidh's Cathedral, Kilmore) in the

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. It is situated in the town of

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, Ireland in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. The church was built as St John's Church in the mid-18th century to the design of architect Richard Cassels, who adopted a

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pattern from Roman architecture.

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Sligo Cathedral Group (Church of Ireland)
* Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist on th
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
website *

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* {{Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland 18th-century Church of Ireland church buildings

Buildings and structures in Sligo (town) Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Sligo, St John the Baptist Cathedral Sligo, St John the Baptist Cathedral

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