St Colman's Cathedral Cobh, Ireland

St Colman’s Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Cobh, Ireland. It is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Cloyne. Construction commenced in 1867. The architects were E.W. Pugin, George Ashlin and Thomas Coleman. The clerk of works was Charles Guilfoyle Doran. The cathedral was begun in 1868 and finally completed in 1915, a total of 47 years. The foundation stone was laid on 30 September 1868 by Bishop William Keane. The roof was completed in 1879 and that same year the first Mass was celebrated on 15 June by Bishop John McCarthy. Building of the spire, the last of the major external works, was completed in March 1915. In 1868, when the cathedral was begun, Cobh or Queenstown as it was then called, was a relatively prosperous place. The cathedral committee, composed of respectable local citizens, was the official decision-making body in the building of the cathedral.  Source