Location Dromore, County Down Denomination Church of Ireland Bishop(s) Bishop Harold Miller Phone +44 28 9269 3968 | Country Northern Ireland Completed 1661 Opened 1661 Province Ulster | |
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Address 30 Church St, Dro BT25 1AA, UK Diocese Anglican Diocese of Down and Dro Similar St Macartan's Cathedral, Down Cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, St Macartin's Cathedral, Birmingham Orthodox Cathedral Profiles | ||
Improvisation on the trevor crowe conacher organ of dromore cathedral ireland
Dromore Cathedral, formally The Cathedral Church of Christ the Redeemer, Dromore, is one of two cathedral churches (the other is Down Cathedral) in the Diocese of Down and Dromore of the Church of Ireland. It is situated in the small town of Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh.
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- Improvisation on the trevor crowe conacher organ of dromore cathedral ireland
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The present building was originally constructed in 1661 by Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor and has been several times expanded to its present size. The organ was installed by Conacher of Huddersfield in 1871.
History
The first church on the site was a wattle and daub building constructed by St Colman circa 510. This was replaced by a medieval church which was destroyed in the late 16th century. The church was again rebuilt and in 1609 elevated to the "Cathedral Church of Christ the Redeemer" by Letters Patent of James I. In 1641 this building, too, was destroyed.
The present building was first constructed under Bishop Jeremy Taylor in 1661 as a narrow church 100 feet (30 metres) long. In 1811 Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore) added a short aisle at right angles to the nave to form an L-shaped floor plan. In 1870 a semicircular sanctuary and organ aisle were added. Finally in 1899 an additional aisle parallel to the original nave aisle was added to achieve a conventional rectangular floor plan.