1172 – Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Christ Church Cathedral is the Church of Ireland Cathedral for the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. Its origins date to about 1038 when the Viking settlers constructed a cathedral on this site.
Christ Church Cathedral is the Church of Ireland Cathedral for the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. Its origins date to about 1038 when the Viking settlers constructed a cathedral on this site.
During the 1350s a major extension to the cathedral was undertaken by John de St Paul, Archbishop of Dublin. By 1358,
George Edmund Street was commissioned by the distiller Henry Roe to restore Christ Church Cathedral which was in very poor shape.
Illustrations from a lavishly bound book that was published to commemorate the restoration of the Cathedral by George Edmund Street in 1882.
St Michael’s Church dating from the 12th Century is embedded in the Synod Hall of Christ Church Cathedral.