St Marys Cathedral

St Mary's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry inside the Church of Ireland. It is positioned in Tuam, County Galway, in Ireland. From the twelfth century till 1839, each earlier than and after the Reformation, it became the seat of the former Archdiocese of Tuam. Most of the existing structure dates from the 1870s; however components of earlier 12th and 14th century systems continue to exist inside.

The founder and primary bishop of Tuam are considered to be St Jarlath, who founded the church about 501. The traditional date of his loss of life is 540. However, the names of simplest two different bishops of Tuam are recorded earlier than the 11th century, Ferdomnach and Eugene mac Clerig. The medieval significance of Tuam becomes mainly the end result of its becoming the seat of the O'Connor High Kings of Ireland in the early 11th century. The O Connors had previously been based totally at Cruachain, County Roscommon. The first cathedral on the present website turned into begun in the 12th century, when Turlough O Connor 1088 to 1156 becomes High King. This marked the established order of Tuam because the seat of an archbishop, an occasion which accompanied the Synod of Kells of 1152.