13-946: St Fethlimidh's Cathedral, Kilmore is one of two cathedral churches in the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh (along with St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo ) in the Church of Ireland. It is situated in the parish of Kilmore , southwest of the county town of Cavan . The name Kilmore - Cill Mhor meaning 'the great church' - reflects an earlier prominence that the Annals of the Four Masters have traced to an early medieval foundation. Of that church there are no physical remains Kilmore Cathedral stands on an elevated wooded site adjacent to an imposing motte and bailie, erected by Walter de Lacy in 1211 in an effort to extend Hiberno-Norman control over
26-449: A monastery was founded at Ardagh by St Patrick , and that his nephew, St. Mel (died c.490), was its bishop or abbot. Although there is no historical or archaeological evidence to support it, Mel is regarded as the founder of the see. The diocese of Ardagh was established in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasail as the see for east Connacht . At the subsequent Synod of Kells in 1152, its area
39-594: A small church on the site in the 6th century. In 1455 the old Catholic Parish Church of St. Feidhlimidh became the cathedral for the Kilmore Diocese, continuing after the Reformation as Kilmore Church of Ireland cathedral, even after the Kilmore See was amalgamated in 1841 with those of Elphin and Ardagh . However, by 1858 the building was too small and dilapidated and the present cathedral, designed by William Slater,
52-619: Is a supporter of GAFCON Ireland and he attended GAFCON III, held in Jerusalem , on 17–22 June 2018. Bishop of Ardagh The Bishop of Ardagh was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the village of Ardagh, County Longford in Ireland . It was used by the Roman Catholic Church until 1756, and intermittently by the Church of Ireland until 1839. Tradition states that
65-450: Is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh . It is one of eleven Anglican dioceses in the island of Ireland. The geographical remit covers all of County Leitrim , almost all of counties Cavan , Longford and Roscommon , plus smaller parts of counties Westmeath , Sligo , Donegal and Fermanagh . There had been two other cathedrals, but are now in ruins. The historic sees of Kilmore and Ardagh were intermittently united in
78-515: The Church of Ireland as the State Religion in the Kingdom of Ireland assuming possession of most Church property. The English-speaking minority mostly adhered to the either the Church of Ireland or, despite the political and economic advantages of membership in the state church, to Presbyterianism . The Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh is theologically conservative. Bishop Ferran Glenfield
91-536: The Roman Catholic Church , the bishopric has been united with Clonmacnoise since 30 May 1756. Until the mid 19th-century, the parish church of Ballymahon had served as a pro-cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise . A new St Mel's Cathedral in Longford was built for the diocese between 1840 and 1856. The building was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Christmas Day 2009. In
104-461: The 17th and 18th centuries until they were finally united in 1839. They were further merged with the see of Elphin in 1841 to form the current Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. It is for this reason that the united diocese has two cathedrals in current use as well as a number of deconsecrated cathedrals. Each of the dioceses is divided into a number parish groups. The three dioceses of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh were first created in
117-592: The early and mid 12th-century. The sees of Elphin and Ardagh were established at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111 and the see of Kilmore (originally called Tirbrunensis, Triburnia or Tybruinensis) at the Synod of Kells in 1152. Following the Reformation in the 16th century, the church in "communion with the Bishop of Rome" used the term "Catholic" to distinguish itself from the various Protestant churches. The Parliament of Ireland broke communion when it created
130-410: The entire Lough Oughter region. The present cathedral features a late Twelfth century Romanesque doorway (c1170), incongruously set into a chancel north wall, employed as a vestry door. Its origins are unclear, as it had previously been inserted into the nave wall of the earlier cathedral since the circa 18th century (which later became a parish hall). The Hiberno-style of Romanesque doorway probably
143-439: Was built by 1860 alongside the old one, which is now used as a parochial hall. The present building was refurbished at a cost of 1 million euros. The historic 1860 organ, one of the earliest organs built by Charles Brindley of Sheffield was restored in 2011. Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh The United Dioceses of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh is a diocese of the Church of Ireland located in central Ireland . It
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#1732856206888156-547: Was reduced to the territory of the Conmaicne . Ardagh Cathedral was severely damaged by warfare in 1496 and was never restored. There are remains of an eighth- or ninth-century church at Ardagh, which is known as St. Mel's Cathedral , although it dates from three centuries after the saint's death, and predates the introduction of a diocesan system in Ireland. Following the Reformation , there were parallel apostolic successions . In
169-502: Was taken from the now demolished Drumlane St. Mary Augustinian priory. However, some local conjecture suggest that the doorway may have come from the nearby Trinity Island priory church (c.1250). The cathedral also possesses an original first edition copy of the first translation of the Old Testament into Classical Irish by William Bedell , Bishop of Kilmore from 1629 to 1642. According to local tradition, St. Feidhlimidh founded
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