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Saint Flannan's Cathedral (Killaloe)

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Saint Flannan's Cathedral (Killaloe)
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The ordinary view hides the useful part of the story. 1200 comprising gable-fronted nave with four-bay side elevations, single-bay transepts, single-bay chancel and square-plan single-bay three-stage crenellated tower to crossing.
Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height Church of Ireland cathedral, built c. 1200 comprising gable-fronted nave with four-bay side elevations, single-bay transepts, single-bay chancel and square-plan single-bay three-stage crenellated tower to crossing. Renovated, c. 1780, with additional stage added to tower. Pitched slate roof with cut-stone gable copings. Rubble stone walls with relieving arch over entrance and buttresses having cut-stone skews and pyramidal copings. String course to tower. Lancet windows with cast-iron quarries and cut-stone dressings. Tripartite lancet opening with colonnette mullions and stained glass to chancel. Pointed arch opening with moulded cut-stone surround and timber matchboard double leaf doors. Retaining interior features including rib vaulting under tower, full-height oak screen and exposed timber roof. Bells installed in 1892. Cut-stone piers, c. 1780, with moulded capping having acorn-cup finials to site.
1200 comprising gable-fronted nave with four-bay side elevations, single-bay transepts, single-bay chancel and square-plan single-bay three-stage crenellated tower to crossing.

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1200 comprising gable-fronted nave with four-bay side elevations, single-bay transepts, single-bay chancel and square-plan single-bay three-stage crenellated tower to crossing.

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