On Christmas Day 2009, Kevin Fay stood at the entrance to St Mel’s Cathedral in Longford and watched in horror as snow fell on the still smouldering shell of the burnt-out building which has ...

St Mel’s Cathedral pictured in 1967. Photograph: Getty Images. ... Cardinal Seán Brady, were among those who attended the rededication Mass at St Mel's Cathedral in Longford yesterday. ...

St. Mel's Cathedral, one of Ireland's finest churches, was burnt to the ground in Longford town early on Christmas morning. Irish police are investigating. The blaze began shortly after 5.a.m.

Fintan Farrelly President Michael D. Higgins signing the visitors book on his arrival at St Mel's Cathedral Longford for the mass The newly renovated building was rebuilt following a fire in 2009 ...

St Mel's Cathedral in Longford has risen "like a phoenix from the ashes", according to many people who've seen the restoration ahead of its reopening to the public today.

Midnight mass this Christmas Eve will be broadcast live from St Mel's Cathedral, Longford. The cathedral has undergone extensive renovations following a fire in 2009.

Up to 150 people will be employed on the restoration of St Mel's Cathedral in Longford, which was destroyed by fire at Christmas in 2009. Contract documents for a €30m restoration project were ...

An historic cathedral was destroyed today in a Christmas Day fire. St Mel’s Cathedral in Longford was completely gutted after a blaze tore through the building just a few hours after midnight ...

Mel's Cathedral, Longford Ireland, 2009 St. Mel’s cathedral in Ireland was built in the 19th century. However, as the result of an accidental fire, it burned on Christmas Day in 2009.

An investigation is underway this morning into the cause of a fire at St Mel's Cathedral in Longford. Fire services were called to St Mel's at 5am today. The blaze, which started in the back of ...

Priceless artifacts, many of them well over a century old, have been destroyed in the fire that gutted St. Mel's Cathedral in Longford town on Christmas Day. Police are investigating the fire ...

The incident happened within the grounds of St Mel's Cathedral shortly after 1am. The scene itself has been cordoned off ahead of an expected technical examination this morning.