Entrance gates to St. Carthage's, a 17th Century Church of Ireland cathedral in Lismore, County Waterford. Ireland.


Entrance gates to St. Carthage Cathedral, a Church of Ireland cathedral in Lismore, County Waterford. The original medieval cathedral was ruined after a fire in the 17th century. The choir was reroofed by Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. The Cathedral was again destroyed in 1630, and rebuilt again in 1663 and later re-roofed and refurbished in the 18th century. All the various rebuilding and reconstruction works have involved input from such architects as Sir William Robinson, Sir Richard Morrison, and George and James Pain


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Location: Lismore Cathedral, Chapel Place, Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
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