St Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea
The neo-Gothic cathedral by the lake in Loughrea is a museum of the Celtic Revival that happens to be a church. Almost every window is by An Túr Gloine, the Dublin stained-glass studio; twenty-four embroidered banners of Irish saints and the vestments came from the Dun Emer Guild, the carving is by John Hughes and Michael Shortall, and William Alphonsus Scott, the architect, designed the metalwork and woodwork. It is the seat of the Bishop of Clonfert.
Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.
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St. Brendan's Cathedral, Lough Rea, St Brendan's Wells on the 3D model; tap a pin for its page and directions.
What to look for
The glass is the reason people come: the collection of An Túr Gloine windows is the most extensive in one building. The banners, mostly of Irish saints, hang with the Dun Emer vestments, and Hughes and Shortall's sculpture fills the interior. The model on this page pins the cathedral, the lake walk beside it and St Brendan's wells; the Loughrea Lake and Lough Rea guides cover the town and its water.
Questions people ask
Which diocese is St Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea, in?
Who made the windows in Loughrea cathedral?
Written from Wikipedia, "St Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-09-19, and from the OpenStreetMap places on the model. Nothing has been added from memory; follow the source for its footnotes.