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This Church of Ireland (Protestant) cathedral is mostly from the 1870s, but the Romanesque chancel arch is from the short-lived 12th-century first cathedral, while the Synod Hall, Library and Registry are from the 14th-century second cathedral. The stalls of the Synod Hall are believed to come from a Piedmont monastery. The 20th-century stain glass windows are very fine. The High Cross of Tuam was erected here on completion of the first cathedral. It was broken up when that cathedral fell, but re-assembled for display in Dublin in 1852. The Roman Catholic and C-of-I cathedrals then feuded over where the restored cross should be returned to. As a compromise it was set up midway in the town square, where it endured weather, pollution and thundering trucks for a century, before being cleaned and returned to St Mary's.
St Mary's Cathedral is a cathedral church of the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe in the Church of Ireland. It is located in Tuam, County Galway, in Ireland. From the 12th century until 1839, both before and after the Reformation, it was the seat of the former Archdiocese of Tuam. Most of the present structure dates from the 1870s, but parts of earlier 12th- and 14th-century structures survive within.
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Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Under Queen Elizabeth I, the Roman Catholics were ejected from St Mary's and their other places of worship, and forbidden to assemble for mass or build new churches. Only with the 19th-century overturn of the Penal Laws could they build this, their own cathedral, completed in 1837 in Decorated Gothic style.