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Cathedral stonework to be completed

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2003 / September 2 2003: Cathedral stonework to be completed

St Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea, Co Galway - one of the finest ecclesiastical symbols of the Celtic revival - has broken with convention once again. The master craftsman, Thomas Glendon, has been commissioned to complete interior stonework dating back a century. An eagle with Aztec resonance, a ship carrying Irish missionaries into the setting sun, and "shopping for the Last Supper" at a contemporary Irish market stall replete with garlic, onions and aubergines are among the images which Mr Glendon has carved out of the unfinished plasterwork in the cathedral's southern sanctuary.

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