Readers will remember the fire in Longford Cathedral on Christmas Day that was gutted the building and the diocese’s museum. However, all was not lost. According to the Irish Times, some 200 artefacts from the cathedral have been recovered and saved. The two finest examples of stained glass windows by Harry Clark Studios can be repaired and the windows in the cathedral can be copied, the bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Dr Colm O’Reilly told a meeting at the weekend of the Longford Association in London. Among the artefacts that were feared lost in the fire but are recoverable include … Continue reading All was not lost in Longford