cathedrals historical letterkenny

The cathedral dominates the skyline on all approaches to the town and at night, the warm floodlit and graceful spire is a welcoming sight.

When the Cathedral at Raphoe passed to the Church of Irlend after the Reformation, the Catholic Bishop has no permanent seat until the Letterkenny Cathedral was opened and dedicated to Saint Eunan and Columba in 1901.

Designed by William Hague of Dublin and built of white stone from Mountcharles, the graceful lines, flying buttresses and orn...