St. Crumnathy's Cathedral, Achonry

St. Crumnathy's Cathedral Achonry,[1][2] is a former cathedral[3] in the Republic of Ireland.[4]

St. Crumnathy's Cathedral, Achonry
54°04′58″N 8°40′01″W
Location	Achonry, Co Sligo
Country	Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry
Province	Province of Armagh

Dedicated to St Nathy,[5] it was formerly in the Diocese of Achonry,[6] and then the joint cathedral of Killala and Achonry.[7] It was rebuilt in 1823 at a cost of £1066 with a grant from the Board of First Fruits.[8]It was then one of three cathedrals in the Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry until it was deconsecrated in 1998.[9] It is now a protected structure.[10]

Notes

1. "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
2. Flickr
3. Diocese of Tuam, Kilala & Achonry
4. Flickr
5. Whitley Stokes, Lives of Saints from the Book of Lismore (1890), p. xv (preface).
6. "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland" Vol 4 p97 Cotton,H: Dublin : James Charles & Son, 1878
7. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 395–396. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
8. "The Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland" Day, J.G.F./ Patton, H.E. p77: London, SPCK, 1932
9. Buildings of Ireland
10. Sligo Record of protected structures