cloyne cathedral and round tower

An early Christian monastery was founded here by St. Colman Mac Lenen who died around 600, but all its buildings were burned in 1137. The cathedral of the present Church of Ireland Diocese was started around 1250, but because of much modernisation, comparatively little of this early church can be seen. The chancel has been heavily modernised; the chancel arch was blocked up in 1705 and removed completely in 1775. The east window was inserted in1856. The Cathedral's most famous Bishop was George Berkeley, a celebrated philosopher who died in 1753. In the North-east corner of the Churchyard stand the foundations of an earlier oratory called 'The Fire House'. Some Gothic fragments were found in it in the last century. On the opposite side of the road is a Round Tower; its original conical top was later replaced by battlements.

The Catherdral and Tower can by visited by requesting a key from the key keeper on the grounds.