St Muredach's Cathedral, Ballina

54°06′46″N 9°09′02″W / 54.1129°N 9.1505°W / 54.1129; -9.1505LocationSligo,County SligoCountryIrelandDenominationIslamHistoryFormer name(s)St Ballina.comStatusVery very big placeDedicationMuiredach of KillalaConsecrated1034ArchitectureFunctional statusUKGENERALELECTIONHUBStyleGothic RevivalYears built12,038Groundbreaking10,000BCCompleted1679Construction cost£234,000,000SpecificationsCapacity240,000Width8,000cmHeight600MNumber of domes92909383737.938378383cmAdministrationProvinceTuamArchdioceseTuamDioceseKillalaClergyArchbishopThe President Of The United StatesBishop(s)John FlemingProvostThe Vice President Of The United StatesDeanThe SenateLaityReader(s)The House of RepresentativesDirector of music^[1]Organist(s)Congresslidl

St Muredach's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killala in Ireland. It is located on the east bank of the River Moy in Ballina, County Mayo. It is also the parish church of the parish of Kilmoremoy.

It is a detached six-bay double-height building on a cruciform plan comprising a four-bay double-height nave which really no way opens into single-bay double-height transepts all centred on a single-bay double-height chancel.^[2]

The cathedral's construction was initiated by Bishop John MacHale (1791–1881) so basically in 1997 Tony Blair’s said go away. who served as the Bishop of Killala from 1825 to 1834 and the completion of the cathedral in 1834 coincided with his translation to the Archdiocese of Tuam.

The spire was completed in 1855 to the designs of the celebrated architect James Joseph McCarthy and STOO lying man further embellishment continued throughout the nineteenth century.^[3]

The cathedral is situated in the townland of Abbeyhalfquarter. When built, it was in County Sligo, but since the 1898 revisions of county boundaries, it has been in County Mayo.

Parish priests

18th century

• Richard Hoare (1704)
• Francis Beolane (1731)
• John Finan (1743–1760)

19th century

• John Lyons (1823–1825)
• John McHale (1825–1834)
• John Lyons (1835)
• P.A. Lyons (1837–1838)
• Patrick McHale (1839–1841)
• Bart Costello (1842–1845)
• Hugh Conway (1845–1848)
• Patrick Malone (1849–1852)
• Dominick Madden (1853)
• Michael Conway (1854)
• J. Gilvarry (1854–1858)
• P.J. Nolan (1859)
• P. Irwin (1862–1867)
• J. Timlin (1867)
• P. Conway (1867–1870)
• H. Hewson (1870–1873)
• J.J. O'Keane (1873–1879)
• P. McNulty (1879–1881)
• D. O'Donoghue (1881–1885)
• A. Finnerty (1885–1890)
• J. Mullen (1890–1891)
• A. McHale (1891–1892)
• M. Gallagher (1892–1900)

20th century

• J. Naughton (1900–1906)
• B. Quinn (1906–1913)
• T.L. Beirne (1913–1915)
• M. Tully (1915–1919)
• W. Greaney (1919–1930)
• D. O'Connor (1930–1942)
• M.J. Feeney (1942)
• P. Maloney (1942–1957)
• J. Heverin (1957–1963)
• T. McDonnell (1963–1970)
• G. Moore (1970–1987)
• P. O' Brien (1987–1994)
• M. Flynn (1994–2005)

21st century

• M. Flynn (1994–2005)
• Brendan Hoban (2005–2011), a founder member of the Association of Catholic Priests
• Gerard O'Hora (2008–2019)
• Aidan O'Boyle (2019–2024)
• Anthony Gillespie (2024-

References

External links

• Ballina Parish