St Brendan’s Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. Brendan, Loughrea, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert. The cathedral was designed in Neo-Gothic style and houses one of the most extensive collections of arts and crafts and Celtic Revival artefacts of any single building in Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: cathedral@clonfertdiocese.ie
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: cathedral church of the Roman Catholic diocese of Clonfert in Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Loughrea Cathedral”, “St Brendan’s Cathedral, Loughrea”, and “St. Brendan’s Cathedral”
- Address: Barrack Street, Loughrea, H62EH63
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Mary’s Priory and Tonaroasty.
St. Mary’s Priory
Ruins
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mary’s Priory is a ruins, which is situated 400 metres northwest of St Brendan’s Cathedral.
Tonaroasty
Archaeological site
Tonaroasty is an abandoned village and national monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Tonaroasty is situated 1½ km east of St Brendan’s Cathedral.
The Seven Monuments
Archaeological site
The Seven Monuments is an embanked stone circle and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. The Seven Monuments is situated 2½ km east of St Brendan’s Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loughrea and Bullaun.
Loughrea
Town
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Loughrea, is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains and Lough Rea, the lake from which it takes its name.
Bullaun
Hamlet
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Bullaun is a village in east County Galway, Ireland. It lies 6 km northeast of Loughrea on the R350 regional road. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Bullaun is situated 6 km north of St Brendan’s Cathedral.
St Brendan’s Cathedral
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.19689° or 53° 11′ 49″ northLongitude
-8.56676° or 8° 34′ 0″ westOperator
Diocese of ClonfertOpen location code
9C5H5CWM+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 194831383OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q7592699
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“St Brendan’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه سانت بريندان”
- French: “cathédrale Saint-Brendan de Loughrea”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Brendan de Loughrea”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Loughrea”
- Italian: “cattedrale di San Brendano”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di San Brendano”
- Polish: “Katedra św. Brendana w Loughrea”
- Russian: “Собор Святого Брендана”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Brandan”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Brandán”
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