St. Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan

St. Macartan's Cathedral
General information
Architectural style Decorated Gothic of the 14th Century
Town or city Monaghan, County Monaghan
Country Ireland
Construction started 1862
Completed 1893
Cost ?
Technical details
Structural system Limestone masonry
Design and construction
Client Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher
Architect James Joseph McCarthy (1817 - 1882), and William Hague Jr. (1840–1899)
Engineer ?

St. Macartan's Roman Catholic Cathedral or the Cathedral of St. Macartan as it is also known, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the parish of Monaghan and Rackwallace, Diocese of Clogher, in Latlurcan townland, the town of Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland. It was built between the years of 1861 and 1893 and is the only Catholic cathedral in the county.[1][2]

Monaghan became a cathedral town in the mid-19th century. The plan for the cathedral was proposed in 1858 by Bishop Charles MacNally. The site was purchased in 1861. Architect James Joseph McCarthy (1817–1882) designed the cathedral in a 14th-century Gothic architectural style was begun in 1862. Most limestone was quarried locally. Architect William Hague Jr. (1840–1899) from Cavan oversaw the building of the spire after 1882, which stands 81 metres high, as well as the gate lodge. Bishop James Donnelly, bishop of Clogher from 1864 to 1893, oversaw most of the building and dedicated it on 21 August 1892 to the service of God and the patronage of Macartan, the diocese's patron saint.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Charles E. B. Brett, Buildings of Monaghan. Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1970.
  2. ^ a b Simon Walker. Historic Ulster Churches. (Belfast: Queens University at Belfast, 2000), p.182.

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