St. Finbarre’s Cathedral, Cork Ireland
In French Gothic Style, this spectacular form of architecture was constructed between 1867 and 1879. The cathedral may possibly be built on the foundation of an earlier Round Tower. A short distance away is Elizabeth Fort in Fort Street, the first fort built here in the reign of Elizabeth I. Other churches in this area include the South Chapel, a Georgian church of 1766 and St. Michael’s Protestant Church. The Red Abbey on Mary Street, off Douglas Street is the sole survivor of the Monasteries of Medieval Cork – an Augustinian Priory it, was founded in the 14th Century.