St. Aidan's Cathedral

Saint Aidan's Cathedral in Enniscorthy is one of the most magnificent neo-Gothic temples in Ireland. Built in the mid-nineteenth century, it is a stone structure on a cross plan, with an elongated nave and a tower above the intersection of the naves. The interior is decorated with colorful stained glass windows.

The cathedral was designed for one of the greatest English architects of the 19th century, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. It is modeled on English churches from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It is a monumental three-nave temple with harmonious proportions. At the intersection of the transept and the nave there is a four-sided tower with a high spire. Almost the entire wall of the chancel and the wall above the entrance is occupied by arched windows with tracery.

The interior of the church has no ceiling. The naves are covered with a roof structure with visible, dark-colored beams. In the windows of the chancel and naves there are neo-Gothic stained-glass windows depicting scenes from the Holy Bible. The naves are separated by arches supported on pillars. Their interior is decorated with geometric polychromes.