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Cathedral Choir took part in the first good-humoured. The Tailors’ Hall, dating
performance of Handel’s Messiah in from the Queen Anne Period, housed the
1742. Tailors’ Guild whose origins lay in the
In the South aisle military memorials Medieval period. Along with the other
and many others to distinguished trade guilds, they exercised and enormous
Irishmen, for example Dr Douglas Hyde, influence on the life of the people.
the first President of Ireland. Leaving the Tailors’ hall and walking
These are but a few of the interesting past the only surviving piece of the old
things to be seen in the Cathedral. There Medieval wall we headed towards our
are many more, statues, tombs, memorial final part of the tour - St Audeon’s church,
slabs etc. each with its story. The gateway, and steps. The church was
Cathedral no doubt is a place of worship founded by the Normans and dedicated to
to God mainly through its great choir. The the patron saint of the capital of their
Cathedral choir consists of men and boy home country Normandy. The building
choristers. The boys are educated in the has been much altered down the years but
Cathedral Choir School, founded in 1432. it is the only Medieval parish church in the
St Patrick’s had its dark era namely in city. It was once a group of guild chapels,
the seventeenth century when Cromwell as around St Audeon’s steps you reach the
desecrated the Cathedral by breaking only surviving city gate built in 1240.
many statues and using the sacred Here our guide Margaret took her leave of
dwelling as a stable for his horses. us. She was good-humoured and helpful
We took our leave of this holy place and and no doubt the tour was very
walked to St Werburgh’s church. This educational and enjoyable. We are grateful
building was erected shortly after the to Margaret, Mrs Kathleen White and Mrs
Norman invasion but the parish had been Mary Condon who helped our teacher Mrs
dedicated to St Martin of Tours in Gaelic Crosbie to keep us safe from the busy
times. The present building dates from traffic in the wet, wet streets of Dublin.
1759.
Our next step was Tailors’ Hall through Thomas McMahon and Anthony Clarkson
Back Lane. At this stage we were soaking (Prep 3)
as it was continuous rain, but we were all
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performance of Handel’s Messiah in from the Queen Anne Period, housed the
1742. Tailors’ Guild whose origins lay in the
In the South aisle military memorials Medieval period. Along with the other
and many others to distinguished trade guilds, they exercised and enormous
Irishmen, for example Dr Douglas Hyde, influence on the life of the people.
the first President of Ireland. Leaving the Tailors’ hall and walking
These are but a few of the interesting past the only surviving piece of the old
things to be seen in the Cathedral. There Medieval wall we headed towards our
are many more, statues, tombs, memorial final part of the tour - St Audeon’s church,
slabs etc. each with its story. The gateway, and steps. The church was
Cathedral no doubt is a place of worship founded by the Normans and dedicated to
to God mainly through its great choir. The the patron saint of the capital of their
Cathedral choir consists of men and boy home country Normandy. The building
choristers. The boys are educated in the has been much altered down the years but
Cathedral Choir School, founded in 1432. it is the only Medieval parish church in the
St Patrick’s had its dark era namely in city. It was once a group of guild chapels,
the seventeenth century when Cromwell as around St Audeon’s steps you reach the
desecrated the Cathedral by breaking only surviving city gate built in 1240.
many statues and using the sacred Here our guide Margaret took her leave of
dwelling as a stable for his horses. us. She was good-humoured and helpful
We took our leave of this holy place and and no doubt the tour was very
walked to St Werburgh’s church. This educational and enjoyable. We are grateful
building was erected shortly after the to Margaret, Mrs Kathleen White and Mrs
Norman invasion but the parish had been Mary Condon who helped our teacher Mrs
dedicated to St Martin of Tours in Gaelic Crosbie to keep us safe from the busy
times. The present building dates from traffic in the wet, wet streets of Dublin.
1759.
Our next step was Tailors’ Hall through Thomas McMahon and Anthony Clarkson
Back Lane. At this stage we were soaking (Prep 3)
as it was continuous rain, but we were all
112
