St Mogues Cottage

St Mogues Cottage

St. Mogue’s Cottage St. Mogue’s Cottage in the Cathedral grounds is largely of 18th century origin with a 19th century addition. It was thatched until 1938 when the thatch was replaced by a tiled roof. Said to have been originally used as housing for clergy, it...
Ferns High Crosses

Ferns High Crosses

High Crosses High Crosses are a unique feature of early Irish monasteries. In the grounds around the Cathedral are three plain granite crosses, a smaller stone cross and a cross slab. The heads of four High Crosses, dating to the 8th or 9th century, show the...
Chapter House

Chapter House

Ruins of  a Chapter House Thought to have been the ruins of the original medieval cathedral until recent years when investigations indicated that it is possibly a chapter house of the cathedral’s canons.  Located to the east of the present Cathedral, the ruins consist...
St Edan’s Cathedral

St Edan’s Cathedral

Service Times Please note the following is a listing of normal service times, however these have been suspended until further notice due to COVID-19 restrictions. 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays at 10.15 am 3rd Sunday: 10.30 am (Family Service) Wednesday: Holy Communion...
St. Mary’s Augustinian Abbey

St. Mary’s Augustinian Abbey

St. Mary’s Augustinian Abbey In c1160, Diarmait MacMurrough founded an Abbey in Ferns ‘for the health of my soul and my ancestors and successors’. Its foundation charter included an entitlement to a ‘portion of all beer brewed in Ferns’. Through the winter of 1167/8...