Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
St Fin Barre's Cathedral (former )
Photograph of the former St Fin Barre's Cathedral which was taken down in 1865
Cork Camera Club collection, Cork City LibrariesSt Fin Barre's Cathedral (former )
Photograph of the former St Fin Barre's Cathedral which was taken down in 1865
Cork Camera Club collection, Cork City LibrariesSt Fin Barre's Cathedral
Photograph of St Fin Barre's Cathedral from the driveway of the Bishop's house
Cork Camera Club collection, Cork City LibrariesSt Fin Barre's Cathedral
Photograph of St Fin Barre's Cathedral from the driveway of the Bishop's house
Cork Camera Club collection, Cork City LibrariesSaint Fin Barre's Cathedral stands on or near the site of a monastery founded sometime between the sixth and seventh centuries. Tradition attributes the foundation of the monastery to Saint Fin Barre. A succession of churches has stood on the site of the present cathedral since the middle ages. The only traces of the mediaeval cathedral surviving are a doorway in the boundary wall of the present cathedral, a piscina or stone basin built into a wall in the grounds of the cathedral, and some carved stone heads in the chapter house. The building shown in the photograph was built in 1735. It retained the tower and spire of the old cathedral which had been damaged during the siege of Cork in 1690. The building was not highly regarded architecturally and was demolished in the 1860's to make way for the present cathedral.
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