I don't have my Dad's sense of direction

The theme of the first part of my trip is "how to get lost without really trying".  Actually you could say that I learned that I have absolutly no sense of direction, even with a map.  After visiting Trinity College, I decided that I was close enough (according to the map) to go and visit point two...Christ Church Cathedral.  Let's just say that after getting lost twice, I finally ran into it, literally.  I cannot complain too much, as I was able to see a lot of old Dublin and learn that it is a city that is very proud of its history, but I could have done without the back tracking (twice). 

The church in the background is actually the city's information center and anonther important directional landmark for me.

Here is a Dublin Pub (cool, right?)

 

Words to live by

Christ Church is officially claimed as the seat (cathedra) of both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic archbishops of Dublin. In practice, it has been the cathedral of only the Church of Ireland's Archbishop of Dublin, since the English Reformation.  Christ Church Cathedral is located in the former heart of medieval Dublin, next to Wood Quay at the end of Lord Edward Street.  The cathedral was founded probably sometime after 1028 when King Sitric Silkenbeard, the Hiberno-Norse king of Dublin made a pilgrimage to Rome.  The cathedral has undergone some major renovations over the years, the last taking palce in 1871, when the seven year restoration was completed. 

It is a very big Cathedral
 

The Baptistry was a gift of the 1870's architect of the rebuilt cathedral, George Edmund Street.

 

Strongbow was the leader of the Cambro-Normans that captured dublin in 1170 and was buried in the cathedral in 1176.  The oringinal tomb was destoryed when the wall and roof collapsed in 1562.  The replacement is from the 14th century.
 

This is what the priest and the assisting ministers would look at during a service.

 

In the Crypt, along with the tombs, was a museum showing what clothing and artifacts would have been like during medieval times.