St Colman’s Cathedral

The cathedral is very beautiful and the inside has all the traditional catholic features. Amazing interior details with gothic architecture.

The Cobh Cathedral overlooks the city of Cobh and Cobh harbor. We were in Cobh for a half day or so and it is such a focal point when in the town that it just beckons for a visit. We climbed up the steep hill and settled out of breath at the entrance to the cathedral and saw spectacular views of the entire city and harbor.
The cathedral was designed in the French gothic architecture style and the sculptures, stained glass and gargoyles on the building were a nice touch. The cathedral is worth a visit, despite the climb, and the views from the cathedral are definitely a highlight of such a beautiful town.

The view form the Cathedral across the harbour is worth the visit. The interior and exterior of St Colmans is very impressive.
If you are visiting the Cork area, drop down and enjoy.

ST COLEMAN’S CATHEDRAL
St Colman’s Cathedral, quite an impressive French style building, dominates the town and indeed much of the nearby harbour area. It is in a very prominent location, the centrepiece of many photographs, both from the promenade and the water, and well worth a visit.
The architects were Puglin and Ashlin. Started in 1868, it took close on fifty years to build. The largest of the Carillon of 47 bells weighs 3.5 tons. The Cathedral is in regular use.
If you visit a Cobh pub, and there are many in the shadow of St Colman’s, you could well hear the song called «The Holy Ground». There is more than one explanation of this title but it has got nothing to do with the cathedral as it is generally understood to refer to the old time red light district of this sea-​faring town.

Beautiful cathedral located on the hill above Cobh, St. Colman’s provides ample photo opportunities and provides a great backdrop for the town. We stayed down the street from here and heard the bells playing songs until about 10 PM. Did not go in but hopefully it has improved since James A. visited last time

This towering 20^th century Cathedral completely dominates the prettily terraced town of Cobh. If you’re into (neo)gothic architecture, they don’t come much better than this outside of France. Inside things are a little more shabby. Too many hand-​written signs tacked to the walls for my liking, and those horrible little red lights instead of candles. Otherwise, a 4* experience.

A huge and highly ornamented French Gothic style cathedral which looks almost out of place on the hill above the village! There are many beautiful carvings, mosaics and stained glass windows well worth seeing inside. The most famous thing about this cathedral is its 49 bell carillon (the largest in Ireland) which covers four octaves. This includes a gigantic bell actually called St. Colman which is nearly 4 tons in weight! The cathedral isn’t far from the sea front but the hill is steep leading up to it. We sheltered from very heavy rain inside the cathedral for longer than we’d intended to be there, but it gave a good opportunity to look around.