christ church cathedral holds a very rich history...
what i will tell you here is that the earliest manuscripts date the cathedral to its present location at around 1030...it played a central part in dublins history involving invasions from the normans and the saxons...and its crypts were once used as a market, meeting place for business and at one point even as a pub...
well worth a visit when in dublin...and in particular, the crypts now house an exhibition but for me - to be able to see and walk through the foundation and structure for the entire cathedral was a brilliant experience...
what i will tell you here is that the earliest manuscripts date the cathedral to its present location at around 1030...it played a central part in dublins history involving invasions from the normans and the saxons...and its crypts were once used as a market, meeting place for business and at one point even as a pub...
well worth a visit when in dublin...and in particular, the crypts now house an exhibition but for me - to be able to see and walk through the foundation and structure for the entire cathedral was a brilliant experience...
some of the little quirks in christ church thats worth a mention is the mummifieed cat and rat that was found when an organ pipe was cleaned, the heart of st laurence of toole is housed here in a heart shaped box, and the tomb of strongbow is thought to lie here...
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