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Timeline of Christ Church Cathedral

c. 1030 -- Dúnán appointed first bishop of Dublin by Sitrik SIlkenbeard, king of Dublin.

1152 -- Irish Church recognized diocese of Dublin

1163 -- Augustinian canons intruced by Archbishop Lorcán Ua Tuathail, abbot of Glendalough.

1186 -- Archbishop Comyn begins work on the Romanesque cathedral

1358 -- Archbishop St. Paul builds the Long Choir

1487 -- Coronation of Edward VI

1551 -- English Prayer book used

1562 -- South nave wall and roof collapsed

1608 -- Law Courts moved to the cloister buildlings

1871 -- Seven year restoration

1980 -- two year major restoration of roof

 

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