St Fethlimidh's Cathedral

St Fethlimidh's Cathedral in Kilmore is an Anglican church featuring Gothic elements such as pointed arches, stained glass windows, and carefully carved stonework on its exterior and interior walls. The building combines this architecture with a Romanesque doorway that originally came from an older abbey site.

The cathedral was built in 1860 to replace a smaller earlier church. It reuses a section from an even older medieval abbey site, showing its connections to different periods of church history in the area.

The cathedral holds an original early translation of the Bible into Classical Irish, created in the 17th century. This manuscript shows how clergy of that era worked to make religious texts accessible to their communities.

You can find the cathedral in Kilmore and visit it when services are not taking place. The building has been thoroughly restored in recent years, so the structure is sound and all areas are in good condition.

A large sycamore tree on the grounds marks where a significant 17th-century bishop was buried. In the neighboring graveyard, headstones with inscriptions dating back to the 1600s show the long history of burials at this location.

Location: County Cavan

Inception: 1860

Website: http://kilmorecathedralcavan.wordpress.com

GPS coordinates: 53.99310,-7.41278

Latest update: December 12, 2025 14:21