St. Aidan’s Cathedral
St. Aidan's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns. It is located in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, in Ireland. The saint to whom the cathedral is dedicated is Máedóc of Ferns, also known as Áedan or Aidan, who died in 626, and not to be confused with St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: cathedral
- Also known as: “Saint Aidan’s Cathedral”
- Address: Cathedral Street, Enniscorthy
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Enniscorthy Market House and Enniscorthy Castle.
Enniscorthy Market House
Town hall
Enniscorthy Market House, also known as The County Council and Urban Council Offices, is a municipal building in the Market Square, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. Enniscorthy Market House is situated 150 metres southeast of St. Aidan’s Cathedral.
Enniscorthy Castle
Museum
Photo: Przsak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Enniscorthy Castle is situated in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. Construction on the castle commenced in the late 1190s and was first occupied by its Norman owners in 1203 A.D. on the site of a previous wooden castle they had erected some years earlier. Enniscorthy Castle is situated 290 metres southeast of St. Aidan’s Cathedral.
Enniscorthy railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Enniscorthy railway station is a railway station in County Wexford, Ireland. It is in the centre of the town of Enniscorthy. Enniscorthy railway station is situated 360 metres northeast of St. Aidan’s Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Enniscorthy and Monageer.
Enniscorthy
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Enniscorthy is a town in County Wexford, with a population in 2022 of 12,000. Standing on the River Slaney, it's best known as the redoubt of the rebels of 1798: their headquarters and last stand were on Vinegar Hill to the east of town.
Monageer
Village
Monageer, or Monagear, is a small village situated in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. It is located a few kilometres roughly northeast of Enniscorthy town. Monageer is situated 7 km northeast of St. Aidan’s Cathedral.
Bree
Village
Bree is a village located in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. As of the 2022 census, Bree had a population of 316 people. Bree is situated 8 km south of St. Aidan’s Cathedral.
St. Aidan’s Cathedral
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.50279° or 52° 30′ 10″ northLongitude
-6.57086° or 6° 34′ 15″ westElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
9C4MGC3H+4MOpenStreetMap ID
way 160041239OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedralOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“St. Aidan’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “St. Aidan’s Cathedral”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه القديس ايدان”
- French: “cathédrale Saint-Aidan d’Enniscorthy”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Aidan d’Enniscorthy”
- German: “Kathedrale St. Aidan”
- German: “Sankt-Aidan-Kathedrale von Enniscorthy”
- German: “St.-Aidan-Kathedrale”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Enniscorthy”
- Irish: “Ardeaglais Naomh Aodháin”
- Italian: “cattedrale di Sant’Aidano”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di Sant’Aidano”
- Polish: “Katedra św. Aidana w Enniscorthy”
- Russian: “Собор Святого Айдана”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Aidan”
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