St Colman's Cathedral in Cobh was designed by George Ashlin and Edward Welby Pugin for the Diocese of Cloyne, with Bishop William Keane initiating the project. The infobox says Edward Pugin, and the text Edward Welby Pugin. Charles Guilfoyle Doran was clerk of works until his death in 1909. The cornerstone was laid on September 30, 1868, and the first Mass was on June 15, 1879. Work paused from 1883 to 1889, and it was completed in 1919.
The style is Gothic Revival, modeled on French Gothic. The materials are blue Dalkey granite with Mallow limestone dressings, a Newry granite tower, a Belgian blue slate roof and Bath and Portland stone inside. It is 213 feet (65 m) long and 123 feet (37.5 m) wide. The spire is given as 300 feet (91.4 m) in one place and 90 m in another.
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