Christchurch

Despite the fact that I haven't made it in for a tour yet, here are some shots of Christ Church--the other medieval church located in Dublin Centre. You'll see in the first shot the foundation of an older section of the Church. Like St. Patrick's, the cathedral has had extensive renovations--notably in the Victorian era and more recently in the early 1980s. Strongbow, aka, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, and one time governor of Ireland was buried at the church in 1176. A roof collapse in the 1500s destroyed the original effigy and the current version dates to the 1500s and bears a coat of arms of the Earls of Kildare.