Photo: St. Mary's Cathedral August 2006

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File contributed by: Kathleen Mammoser kayb48@yahoo.com
October 7, 2009, 7:25 pm

PHOTO: ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL AUGUST 2006

Source: Killarney, Co. Kerry

Photo can be seen at:
https://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/kerry/photos/stmarysc97gph.jpg

St Mary's Cathedral is the Cathedral of the Catholic
Diocese of Kerry, the successor cathedral to that of St
Brendan's at Ardfert, to the north-west of Tralee. The
cathedral was designed by Augustus Pugin and
constructed in the gothic style. The overall plan was for a
rugged exterior and a smooth light filled interior. He
came up with a number of basic designs and the
Cathedral of Salisbury and the ruins of Ardfert would
seem to have been of influence. He died before the work
was completed but according to his son, Edward, of all
the churches he designed, Killarney was the one nearest
to his heart. It was consecrated in 1855 and extensively
renovated in the 1970s.