St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

St. Patrick's Cathedral ( officially: . The National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of Saint Patrick, Dublin, Irish Ardeaglais Naomh Pádraig, Ausspr / ɑrd ˌ agəlis ' ˌ ne ː v pɑrig ' / ) in Dublin, Ireland, is the larger of the two cathedrals of the Church of Ireland in the city. Amazingly, it is not the seat of the bishop, but the slightly smaller Christ Church Cathedral.

History

The church was originally a small wooden chapel that stood near a spring, baptized at St. Patrick supposedly converted to 450 believers. Approximately in 1191, during the episcopate of John Comyn ( Archbishop of Dublin), was originally outside the walls of Dublin built wooden Celtic St. Patrick's Church to a Cathedral. A large part of today's 91 -meter building, Ireland's largest church, was already built 1191-1270. The 43 m high main tower (Minot Tower ) was restored in 1370 under the Archbishop Minot and was in the 18th century, its spire.

Over time, however, the Church degenerated more and more and eventually burned out, so that a larger redevelopment in the 1860s was necessary, which was financed by Sir Benjamin Guinness. Due to this renovation comes a lot of the walls and ornaments from the Victorian era. These modifications were necessary for the preservation of the Cathedral - but it was omitted to document the conversion, so that is today little known, yet originally the parts of the building dating from the Middle Ages.

The St. Patrick's Cathedral was contrary to Christ Church Cathedral, which was used by the British for a long time as a church of the people.

During the stay of Oliver Cromwell in Dublin this used the nave as stables his horses.

In its long history the cathedral contributed much to Irish life. The writer and satirist Jonathan Swift (author of Gulliver's Travels ), was from 1713 to 1745 dean of the cathedral. His grave and the grave inscription can be visited here.

From 1783 until the removal of the Church of Ireland in 1871, the cathedral served as a Chapel of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick. The armorial ensigns that time still hang in the nave.

Nowadays, in the Cathedral still various public national celebrations are held.

Attractions

Tomb of the Boyle family

The tomb of the 17th century devoted Rochard Boyle, Earl of Cork, his second wife, Katherine.

Other tombs

• Harpist Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738)
• Douglas Hyde, the first Irish president (1860-1949)

Swift Corner

Here various writings of Jonathan Swift are kept. In addition to his grave and that of his wife Stella here, see, among others, a bookcase with the death mask of the writer.

The door with the hole

At the west end of the nave, a door with a hole is in it, which goes back to a feud between the Lords Kildare and Ormonde ( 1492). Ormonde had found refuge here and after settlement of the dispute Kildare cut a hole in the door to hand his opponent 's hand.

Organ

The organ was built in 1902 by the organ builder Henry Willis and Sons, with the involvement of pipe material of the previous organ from 1697, which had been built by Renatus Harris. In 1963, the instrument was slightly modified, and the original pneumatic actions replaced by electro-pneumatic tracker action. It was last restored in 1994 by the organ builder Harrison & Harrison. The organ has 64 registers, four manuals and pedal.

• Couplers: I / II, III / I, III / II, IV / I, IV / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P III / P IV / P; III / III and IV / IV respectively as Suboktavkoppeln