The Cathedral Church of St. Fachtna, Ross is a cathedral

Cathedral

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 of the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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 in Rosscarbery

Rosscarbery

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, County Cork

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 in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It is in the ecclesiastical province

Ecclesiastical Province

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 of Dublin.

Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Ross, it is now one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

History

St Fachtna's is one of the smallest cathedral in Ireland. It is the size of a typical parish church.