Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam

Tuam Cathedral
Tuam Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	53°30′53.334″N 8°50′50.510″W / 53.51481500°N 8.84736389°W
Location	Bishop Street, Tuam
Country	Republic of Ireland
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	https://www.tuamparish.com/
History
Former name(s)	St. Jarlath's Cathedral
Founded	30 April 1827
Founder(s)	Archbishop Oliver O'Kelly
Dedicated	18 August 1837
Architecture
Architect(s)	Dominic Madden
Style	Decorated Gothic
Construction cost	£14,204 0s 5d
Specifications
Capacity	1,100 seated
Height	43 metres
Tower height	43 metres
Materials	Limestone
Administration
Diocese	Archdiocese of Tuam
Clergy
Archbishop	Michael Neary, D.D., L.S.S.

The Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam, commonly called Tuam Cathedral, is the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam in Ireland. The geographic remit of the Archdiocese includes half of County Galway, half of County Mayo and part of County Roscommon. Prior to the English Reformation, the diocesan cathedral was St Mary's, which was constructed in the 14th century, on the site of an earlier building. Upon the appointment of William Mullaly by Queen Elizabeth I of England as Archbishop of Tuam for the Established church, the Roman Catholic clergy were dispossessed of the cathedral. Almost three centuries were to elapse before a relaxation of the Penal Laws permitted the building of a replacement – the current edifice.

Burials

Jeremy Williams A Companion Guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837–1921, Irish Academic Press 1994
Peter Galloway The Cathedrals of Ireland, The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1992