 Schools, churches and cathedrals were however returned to the Church.The diocese is rare within the Anglican Communion in having two diocesan cathedrals, the other diocese being Argyll and the Isles in Scotland, with cathedrals at Oban and on the isle of Cumbrae.During the 18th century Clogher was one of the "Bishop’s boroughs" of the Parliament of Ireland where the Bishop of the Diocese awarded the parliamentary seat as a gift.