Christ Church Cathedral | cathedral, Dublin, Ireland | Britannica (original) (raw)

cathedral, Dublin, Ireland

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history and importance

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  In Dublin: City layout
  …Norse king of Dublin built Christ Church Cathedral (c. 1030), which was replaced about 140 years later by a more magnificent Norman structure. By the 19th century the edifice was in ramshackle condition; it was restored in the 1870s at enormous cost. Its neighbour, St. Patrick’s, erected just outside the…
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