Killaloe Cathedral

Killaloe Cathedral
St Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe
St. Flannan's Cathedral
Location	Killaloe, County Clare
Country	Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Weekly attendance	Average of 25–30
Website	Official website
History
Dedication	Saint Flannan
Architecture
Functional status	In use
Heritage designation	National Monument
Completed	1225
Specifications
Capacity	400
Administration
Diocese	United Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe
Province	Province of Dublin
Clergy
Bishop(s)	The Right Reverend Kenneth Kearon
Dean	The Very Reverend Gary Paulsen
Curate(s)	The Reverend L. Green
Archdeacon	The Venerable R. W. Carney
Laity
Organist/Director of music	Trevor Selby

The Cathedral Church of St. Flannan, Killaloe is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Killaloe, County Clare in Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin.

Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Killaloe, it is now one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe. The Dean of the Cathedral is the Very Reverend Gary Paulsen who is also Dean of Killaloe, Dean of Kilfenora and both Dean and Provost of Kilmacduagh

Killaloe Cathedral dates from the transition between the Romanesque and Gothic periods. The font is decorated with arabesque ornaments. On the north side of the cathedral is a small oratory or chapel of a date far prior to the cathedral; and probably the original sanctuary of the holy man who founded the abbey. Its roof is very deep, and made entirely of stone; it has a belfry, and two doorways to the east and west.

A £200,000 restoration project involving the repair of a Romanesque doorway and the reconstruction of a 12th-century high cross, was completed in 2001. The Kilfenora Cross, embedded in the walls of the Gothic cathedral in the 1930s, is once again free-standing. The imposing 12-ft monument is now in the nave of the building.

Romanesque doorway

Killaloe High Cross

Coordinates: 52°48′23″N 8°26′21″W / 52.8065°N 8.43925°W / 52.8065; -8.43925