Photos of Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway

CATHEDRAL OF OUR LADY ASSUMED INTO HEAVEN AND ST NICHOLAS GALWAY [A COMPLICATED NAME FOR GALWAY CATH by infomatique

While I was in the Cathedral I overheard some visitors from the US referring to this as ’St. Patrick’s Cathedral’. I can’t be sure if they thought that they were in Dublin or if there were assuming that all important churches in Ireland were named after St. Patrick. There is actually a St.Patrick’s Church in the city centre near Eyre Square but it is not mentioned in any of the tourist guides that I have seen. Another thing that appeared to be confusing many of the visitors was that it is a new building and they had expected to see a very old building. The Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, commonly known as Galway Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Galway, Ireland, and one of the largest and most impressive buildings in the city. Construction began in 1958 on the site of the old city prison, In 1965, it was dedicated, jointly, to Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and to St. Nicholas. The architect of the cathedral was John J. Robinson who had previously designed many churches in Dublin and around the country. The architecture of the cathedral draws on many influences. The dome and pillars reflect a Renaissance style. Other features, including the rose windows and mosaics, echo the broad tradition of Christian art. The cathedral dome, at a height of 44.2 metres (145 ft), is a prominent landmark on the city skyline. During a controversial interview on Telefís Éireann's The Late Late Show in 1966, Trinity College, Dublin student Brian Trevaskis referred to the building as a "ghastly monstrosity". He also accused the then Bishop of Galway Michael Browne of "extortion" over the manner in which funds for the new Cathedral were raised and implied that the Bishop was a "moron". More recently, it was described in an Irish Times article concerning "ugly" Irish buildings as a "squatting Frankenstein’s monster" and "a monument to the hubris of its soft-handed sponsors". At a meeting of the council on April 20th, 1940, councillor Michael Quinn said he thought a grander monument could not be erected over the bodies of the men who were executed in the prison than a cathedral.
Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway is a tourist attraction, one of the Roman Catholic cathedrals in Galway, República d'Irlanda. It is located: 475 km from Cork, 570 km from Ciudá de Dublín, 760 km from Belfast. Read further
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