Dublin - Christ Church Cathedral

Castle Street leads into Christchurch Place in which is one of Dublin's two principal churches, Christ Church Cathedral, the cathedral of the Anglican dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. In its present form it is the result of a major reconstruction in 1871-78; of the original 13th C. church there remain the crypt, which extends under the whole length of the nave, a doorway in the south transept and perhaps parts of the transepts. Enough remains, however, including some sculpture, to give some impression of the magnificence of the old church. The crypt contains numerous architectural fragments of different periods and 17th C. statues of Charles II and James II. In the nave is a fine recumbent tomb effigy of a knight, identified as