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Christ Church Cathedral (on the right)
and Synod House (on the left) in Dublin.

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Christ Church Cathedral
(The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity) in Dublin is the
elder of the city's two medieval cathedrals, the other
being St. Patrick's. It has been the seat of the
archbishop of Dublin (initially solely Roman Catholic,
then Church of Ireland) since medieval times, though
for many centuries, it shared this status with St.
Patrick's. It is located at the end of Dame Street and
the beginning of Patrick Street, overlooking the River
Liffey.
The cathedral was begun in 1038 by King Sitric
Silkenbeard, the Danish Viking King of Dublin,
for the first Bishop of Dublin.
Henry II attended the Christmas service at the
cathedral in 1171, and in the years thereafter,
Strongbow and other Anglo-Norman magnates helped to
fund a complete rebuilding of Christ Church, comprising
the construction of a choir, choir aisles and
transepts, the crypt, and chapels to St. Edmund and St.
Mary and St. Lo. A chapel to St. Laurence O'Toole was
added in the 1200's and much of the extant nave was
built in the 1230's. In 1300 Archbishop Ferings of
Dublin arranged an agreement between the two
cathedrals, the Pacis Compostio, which acknowledged
both as cathedrals and made some provision to
accommodate their shared status.
By 1358, the nave of the cathedral was partly in use
for secular purposes.
In 1539, King Henry VIII converted the Priory to a
Cathedral with a Dean and Chapter, and worked to ensure
Christ Church adhered to his new church structure.
King Edward VI, in 1547, provided funds for an increase
in cathedral staffing, and annual royal funding for
the Choir School.
Also under King Edward VI, St. Patrick's Cathedral was
formally suppressed and, on 25 April 1547, its silver,
jewels and ornaments were transferred to the Dean and
Chapter of Christ Church.
In the 17th century, both parliament and the law courts
met in buildings erected alongside Christ Church.
Some limited works were carried out between 1829 and
1831 but the building, as with nearby St. Patrick's,
was in poor condition for much of the 19th century.
The cathedral was extensively renovated in Victorian
times.

At the west end of the cathedral is a fully-integrated
stone bridge, leading to the former Synod House,
itself built onto the remains of another church (St.
Michael's). The Synod House is now home to the Dublinia
exhibition about old Dublin city.

[from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Dublin]

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