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10/02/2011
Longford's St Mel's To Rise Again
A chapel that was originally ruined by fire on Christmas Day 2009 is now set to rise from the ashes over the next five years as part of a multi-million euro project.
The Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Colm O'Reilly, has this month announced that a contract had been signed with a design team of top-level architects to restore St Mel's Cathedral in Longford town.
Dr O'Reilly named Dr Richard Hurley, a distinguished church architect, as the lead designer in alliance with Colm Redmond, of FitzGerald, Kavanagh and Partners.
The historic cathedral, which was founded by Bishop William O'Higgins in 1840, was rated as a gem of Irish building, with critics acclaiming its interior to be "one of the most beautifully conceived classical spaces" in the country.
Up to €2m has been spent so far on essential maintenance to preserve the cathedral following extensive damage to the walls, plaster work, columns, statues and marble decorations.
A temporary roof was put on the cathedral last August, that has prevented the building from further disrepair and the diocese has also agreed with the design team to provide an apprenticeship scheme to train workers in specialist conservation skills.
(BMcC/KMcA)
The Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Colm O'Reilly, has this month announced that a contract had been signed with a design team of top-level architects to restore St Mel's Cathedral in Longford town.
Dr O'Reilly named Dr Richard Hurley, a distinguished church architect, as the lead designer in alliance with Colm Redmond, of FitzGerald, Kavanagh and Partners.
The historic cathedral, which was founded by Bishop William O'Higgins in 1840, was rated as a gem of Irish building, with critics acclaiming its interior to be "one of the most beautifully conceived classical spaces" in the country.
Up to €2m has been spent so far on essential maintenance to preserve the cathedral following extensive damage to the walls, plaster work, columns, statues and marble decorations.
A temporary roof was put on the cathedral last August, that has prevented the building from further disrepair and the diocese has also agreed with the design team to provide an apprenticeship scheme to train workers in specialist conservation skills.
(BMcC/KMcA)
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