Cobh Cathedral

St. Colman's Cathedral

Interior

The Cathedral of Cobh ( Sankt Colmán Cathedral , English St. Colman's Cathedral , Irish Ard-Eaglais Naomh Colmán ) is the episcopal church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne in the small port town of Cobh on the Irish south coast. The church, visible from a high point, is an outstanding example of neo-Gothic style . Among the new Catholic cathedrals built in Ireland in the 19th century, which had to replace the old Anglican episcopal churches since the Reformation , it is one of the most elaborate and expensive.

history

prehistory

The diocese of Cloyne traces its foundation in the 6th century back to the religious teacher and monk Colman (von Cloyne). The Gothic cathedral of Cloyne was built over his monastery and grave in the 13th century , and in the 16th century, like all cathedrals in Ireland, it belonged to the Anglican state church of the English royal family. The Catholic Church in Ireland survived as an underground church until the end of the 18th century . Since 1769 the Catholic Bishop of Cloyne resided in Cobh. The modest Catholic parish church served as the cathedral . When the legal and financial possibilities arose in the middle of the 19th century - at that time Cobh was an emigration port and relatively rich - the plan for the representative new cathedral arose, which was also to symbolize the invincibility of Irish Catholicism.

Building history and architecture

Construction of the cathedral began on September 30, 1868. At that time Cobh was still called Queenstown; it was not until 1922, with the independence of Ireland, that the city took on its old name again. The architects of the church were EW Pugin, George Ashlin and Thomas Coleman. 51 years later, in 1919, the cathedral was completed. The consecration was carried out by the Bishop of Cloyne, Robert Browne, accompanied by Archbishops Michael Cardinal Logue , John Harty and Thomas Gilmartin.

Cobh Cathedral is the second largest house of worship in the Republic of Ireland. It is a three-aisled basilica on a cruciform floor plan, which is closely based on models of French cathedral Gothic. At 91.40 meters, the tower is the second tallest church tower in Ireland after Limerick Cathedral .

organ

The organ was built in 1905 by the organ builder Telford & Telford (Dublin) and placed on the west gallery. The instrument is located in an organ case that was built in the Gothic style. It has 46 stops on three manuals and a pedal . The original pneumatic action was replaced by electro-pneumatic action in the 1970s .

I main work C– 1. Double salicional 16 ′ 2. Bourdon 16 ′ 3. Diapason I 8th' 4th Diapason II 8th' 5. Gamba 8th' 6th Stopped diapason 8th' 7th Hollow tide 8th' 8th. Quint 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 9. Principal 4 ′ 10. Flood 4 ′ 11. Gemshorn 4 ′ 12. Twelfth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 13. Fifteenth 2 ′ 14th Mixture III 15th Double trumps 16 ′ 16. Trumpet 8th' 17th Clarion 4 ′

II Swell C– 18th Double diapason 16 ′ 19th Open diapason 8th' 20th Gedact 8th' 21st Dulciana 8th' 22nd Celeste 8th' 23. Principal 4 ′ 24. Forest flood 4 ′ 25th Piccolo 2 ′ 26th Mixture III 27. Bassoon 16 ′ 28. Cornopean 8th' 29 oboe 8th' 30th Clarion 4 ′ Tremulant

III choral work C– 31. Stopped diapason 8th' 32. Dulciana 8th' 33. Spitz flute 4 ′ 34. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 35. Piccolo 2 ′ 36. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 37. Clarinet 8th' Tremulant

Pedals C– 38. Violone 16 ′ 39. diapason 16 ′ 40. Bourdon 16 ′ 41. Quint 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 42. cello 8th' 43. Octave 8th' 44. Flood 8th' 45. Bombard 16 ′ 46. Trumpet (from No. 45) 8th'

• Coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P; Octave coupling (II / I, III / I, II / II, III / III)

Carillon

In 1916 a carillon with 49 bronze bells was installed in the bell tower , which together weigh over 25 tons. The pitches reach over four octaves and it is the only carillon in Ireland. The largest of these, at the same time the largest bell in all of Ireland, weighs 3.6 tons and is named after St. Named Colman.

Web links

Commons : Cobh Cathedral  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cobh Cathedral Parish , parish site
• History of the cathedral (website of the diocese, English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The work under the direction of the architects Ashlin and Coleman did not end until 1919: CO. CORK, COBH, CATHEDRAL OF ST COLMAN (RC). In: Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720-1940. Irish Architectural Archive, accessed January 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Saint Colman's Cathedral . In: Freeman's Journal . Dublin August 25, 1919, p. 5 , col. 4 .
3. ↑ More information about the organ. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved November 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Ireland , by Fionn Davenport, Catherine Le Nevez, Neil Wilson, Lonely Planet Verlag, 2008, ISBN 3-8297-1605-2 , page 228 [1]
5. ↑ St. Colman's Carillon (Eng.)

Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 5.2 "  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 36.6"  W.