Metropolitan see Thurles, Ireland
Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
Cashelien(sis) seu Cassilien(sis) et Emelien(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly is a Latin metropolitan see covering most of County Tipperary and parts of County Limerick in Ireland, with Cashel raised to an archdiocese at the Synod of Kells in 1152 and the sees of Cashel and Emly long united (formally renamed the metropolitan see of Cashel and Emly in 2015). It has been led by Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly, S.M.A., since 2014.
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- Established
- 1111
- Catholics
- 79,505
- Priests
- 77
- Territory
- 3,082 km²
Parishes and churches
47 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- AssumptionThurles · CathedralView parish
- St AilbeDrombane · CathedralView parish
- AnnunicationBanshaMass times recorded
- AssumptionBallingarryView parish
- AssumptionKnockavillaView parish
- AssumptionLattinView parish
- Assumption of Blessed Virgin MaryBallycahillView parish
- Blessed SacramentGlenbrohaneView parish
- Christ the KingGalballyView parish
- Holy CrossHerbertstownView parish
- Holy RedeemerNewportView parish
- Holy RosaryMurroeView parish
- Holy TrinityFethardView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionDranganView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionBirdhillView parish
- Nativity of Our LadyLisvernaneView parish
- Our LadyKnockaneyView parish
- Our Lady and St LuaAnglesboroView parish
- Our Lady of FatimaCappawhiteView parish
- Our Lady QueenNewinnView parish
- Our Lady, Mother of the ChurchCaherconlishView parish
- Sacred HeartGortnahoeView parish
- Sacred HeartBohermoreView parish
- Sacred HeartTemplebradenView parish
- Sacred HeartTempletuohyView parish
- Sacred HeartToorView parish
- St AilbeBallybrickenView parish
- St BrigidAnacartyView parish
- St John the BaptistCashelMass times recorded
- St John the BaptistCloneenView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Kieran O'Reilly
- Born
- 8 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Cork
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DELLE MISSIONI AFRICANE (S.M.A.)
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles stands in Thurles, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In mid-western Ireland stands the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly (Irish: Ard-Deoise Chaisil agus Imligh), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church and the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province that bears its name. Its cathedral church is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Thurles, County Tipperary. As of 2024 the archbishop is Kieran O'Reilly.