St John the Baptist Cathedral
St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo or more properly the Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist, Sligo but also known as Sligo Cathedral is one of two cathedral churches in the diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh in the Church of Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Sligo, Ireland
- Also known as: “St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo”
- Address: John Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and Hawk’s Well Theatre.
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Church
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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin. It is located on Temple Street in Sligo, Ireland.
Hawk’s Well Theatre
Theater building
The Hawk's Well Theatre opened in Sligo Town on 12 January 1982. Located next to Sligo's tourist office, it was the first purpose-built theatre in rural Ireland. Hawk’s Well Theatre is situated 140 metres south of St John the Baptist Cathedral.
Sligo Presbyterian Church
Church
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Sligo Presbyterian Church is situated 110 metres southeast of St John the Baptist Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sligo and Ballincar.
Sligo
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Sligo is the principal town in County Sligo in Northwest Ireland & Lakelands. In 2022 it had a population of 21,000, with the service sector the main employer.
Ballincar
Hamlet
Ballincar is a small village and townland in County Sligo, Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of Drumcliff, and has an area of approximately 1.6 square kilometres. Ballincar is situated 3½ km northwest of St John the Baptist Cathedral.
Knocknahur
Locality
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Knocknahur, also known as Ransboro, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes examples of ringforts, souterrains and enclosures in the neighbouring townlands of Knocknahur North and Knocknahur South. Knocknahur is situated 5 km southwest of St John the Baptist Cathedral.
St John the Baptist Cathedral
- Categories: Anglican or Episcopal cathedral, cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.27011° or 54° 16′ 12″ northLongitude
-8.47737° or 8° 28′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C6H7GCF+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 117461547OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedralOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7593748
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“St John the Baptist Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣施洗约翰座堂”
- Chinese: “聖若翰教堂 (斯萊戈)”
- Russian: “Собор Иоанна Крестителя”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St John the Baptist Cathedral”. Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.