Clonfert Cathedral

Clonfert Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St Brendan, Clonfert.
Clonfert Cathedral is located in Clonfert
Clonfert Cathedral
Clonfert Cathedral
Location in Clonfert
Clonfert Cathedral is located in County Galway
Clonfert Cathedral
Clonfert Cathedral
Clonfert Cathedral (County Galway)
Clonfert Cathedral is located in Ireland
Clonfert Cathedral
Clonfert Cathedral
Clonfert Cathedral (Ireland)
53°14′26″N 8°03′31″W / 53.240651°N 8.058621°W / 53.240651; -8.058621
CountryIreland
DenominationChurch of Ireland
History
DedicationSt Brendan
Architecture
StyleRomanesque, Gothic
Administration
ProvinceProvince of Dublin
DioceseDiocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe
Clergy
Bishop(s)Kenneth Kearon
DeanThe Very Reverend Roderick Lindsay Smyth
PrecentorThe Reverend Canon Patrick Comerford
ArchdeaconThe Venerable Terence Mitchell

Clonfert Cathedral is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Clonfert, County Galway in Ireland. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Clonfert and then one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe, it is now one of five cathedrals in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe.

The current building was erected in the 12th century at the site of an earlier 6th century church founded by Saint Brendan, which was associated with a monastery he founded and at which he was buried. The dean of the cathedral is the Very Reverend Roderick Lindsay Smyth who is also Dean of Killaloe, Dean of Kilfenora and both Dean and Provost of Kilmacduagh.

Detail of doorway
Nave