Christ Church Dublin

Christ Church Dublin
(Jan 2017)

Early January 2017, took the train down to Dublin and then a tram out to the Four Courts along with Brian Todd and Mansell Bleakley. I've been in hospital and was suffering on the walk up to the Cathedral but we manged to complete the tour and get back to the station just in time for an afternoon train home.




Did you know that Lambert Simnel, a pretender to the British throne, was crowned here? And that the Cathedral choir gave the first ever public performance of The Messiah just around the corner.   The composer Handel even lived in Dublin during 1741-42.

Artifacts that remain from King James II's visit to the church prior to the Battle of the Boyne.

And communion plates dating from King William III's visit after the battle.

And a dead cat left behind by persons unknown.