St Mel's cathedral

The Cathedral Church of St Mel is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, positioned inside the city of Longford in Ireland. Built among 1840 and 1856, with the belfry and portico as later additions, it's been considered the flagship cathedral of the Irish midlands region, Langford’s landmark building and one of the best Catholic Church buildings in Ireland. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Mel died 488, who came to Ireland with Saint Patrick and who was ordained bishop at Ardagh, County Longford. The cathedral is a neoclassical stone constructing, on the north-east aspect of the metropolis.

It was all started in 1840 to the design of Joseph B. Keane, with the muse stone taken from the ruined cathedral in close by Ardagh lain with the aid of the Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Dr. William O'Higgins, on 19 May 1840. Work was then behind schedule with the aid of the appearance of the Great Famine, however the church became opened for worship through Dr. O Higgins's successor, Rt. Rev. John Kilduff, on 29 September 1856. The roof is supported via 24 limestone columns quarried at close by Newtowncashel.