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St. Mary's Cathedral, Elphin
St. Mary's Cathedral, Elphin
	53°50′43″N 8°11′26″W / 53.845229°N 8.190599°W
Location	Achonry, Co Roscommon
Country	Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Administration
Province	Province of Armagh
Diocese	Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh

St Mary's Cathedral, Elphin,^[1] is a former cathedral in Ireland.^[2]

It was formerly the cathedral of the Diocese of Elphin,^[3] and then a joint cathedral in Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.^[4] It was founded by St. Patrick and destroyed during the Rebellion of 1641.^[5] It was rebuilt during the time of Bishop John Parker.^[6] It has lain ruined since 1957.^[7]

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^ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
^ irelandxo
^ "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland" Vol 4 p116Cotton, H: Dublin : James Charles & Son, 1878
^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 392–393. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
^ "The Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland" Day, J.G.F./ Patton, H.E. p65: London, SPCK, 1932
^ Gilbert, J. T., rev. by Jason McElligott, 'Parker, John (d. 1681), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
^ GCatholic