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The present building dates from the 13th century and is the second longest cathedral in Ireland, after St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Beside the cathedral stands a 100 ft (30 m) 9th-century round tower. St Canice's tower is an example of a well-preserved 9th-century "Celtic Christian" round tower. It is dedicated to St Canice.
Map of the city of Kilkenny (1708). Old city map, c.1780. The history of Kilkenny (from Irish Cill Chainnigh 'Cell or church of Cainnech/Canice') began with an early sixth-century ecclesiastical foundation, this relates to a church built in honour of St. Canice, now St. Canice's Cathedral and was a major monastic centre from at least the eighth century.
St Mary's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory. It is situated on James's Street, Kilkenny, Ireland. Saint Mary's was designed by William Deane Butler (c.1794-1857). He was chosen by Bishop William Kinsella (1793-1845) who instigated the building of St. Mary's in February 1842.
Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh [ˌciːl̠ʲ ˈxan̠ʲəj], meaning 'church of Cainnech') [2] is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. [3] It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2022 census gave the population of Kilkenny as 27,184, the thirteenth-largest urban ...
1780 map of Kilkenny, with Irishtown to the right (north) of the walled city. Irishtown (Irish: An Baile Gaelach [1]) is the neighborhood in Kilkenny in Ireland around St Canice's Cathedral. It was formerly a borough, also called Newcourt or St Canice's, separated by the River Breagagh from the walled town of Kilkenny to the south.
Kilkenny Cathedral may refer to: St Canice's Cathedral , Kilkenny, one of the Church of Ireland cathedrals of the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory. St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny , the Roman Catholic cathedral for the Diocese of Ossory.
It became a Protestant church like St. Canice's Cathedral and St. John's Priory, even though the Protestant population in Kilkenny was declining from under 20% in 1731 to 5% by 1800. [9] This resulted in the building of Catholic churches of the same names (St. Canice's Church, St. John's Church and St. Mary's Cathedral) in later years.
It has an area of 600,000 acres (2,400 km 2) and contains the city of Kilkenny. At the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111, the limits of the diocese were permanently fixed. At the same time, the cathedral was transferred from Seir-Kieran (Saighir, Offaly) to Aghaboe. At the end of the 12th century it was further transferred to Kilkenny. It is ...