Christ Church Cathedral - The House Of Strongbow, Ireland 1978
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A 950 year history of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.
One hundred years after the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral by the distiller, Henry Roe a look at the history of this famous Dublin landmark.
Though her silence be polluted by the roar of industry and her walls blackened by automobile fumes, Christ Church stands as her founders of another age intended.
Joseph Coady is the verger of Christ Church and his job is to provide access to the cathedral to all who wish to enter ‘The House of Strongbow’.
The history of Christ Church goes back to legends about Saint Patrick but recorded facts only began in the 9th century. Christ Church was founded by the Norsemen in 1038 when King Sigtrygg gave Bishop Dúnán the hill of Dublin as a site for a cathedral.
The Very Rev Tom Salmon Dean of Christ Church describes the early days of Christ Church Cathedral as a simple, wooden structure. When the Normans arrived with their gift for building, Strongbow and St Laurence O’Toole began to rebuild the cathedral into the building that we know today. There have been several restorations over the years but the building remains exactly as Strongbow and St Laurence planned it.
Canon AE Stokes Member of the Board describes how in Elizabethan times in 1562, the main fabric of the building almost collapsed completely. The Lord Deputy Sir Henry Sidney carried out repairs which remained until Victorian times when the cathedral was completely renovated, funded by Dublin businessman and distiller Henry Roe.
A group of students are given a tour of the crypt of the cathedral.
‘The House of Strongbow’ was broadcast on 25 April 1978. The narrator is Bill Golding.
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Bill Golding’s voice brings back so many memories. I’m picturing a dog, coming to Ireland on a small boat to bite me and give me rabies 😂
My mother was born and grew up beside Christchurch.
Great video. Thanks.
Protestant Southern Irish sounds so posh.
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Go down the hill cross Liffey and there is St. Michan's Church. There's a crypt there as well. Very dry atmosphere, Bram Stoker worked in Dublin castle but is supposed to have gotten inspiration from St. Michan's. It's a Protestant church as well. They have skeletons in the crypt with a very tall skeletal of a man called "the crusader".
After seeing Strongbow’s sarcophagus, I realized how much smaller people were in size back then.
They stopped allowing vehicles going up the hill to Christchurch in 1980 as the congestion was terrible. 40odd years later Owen Keegan has buses going up the hill and the traffic's worse than ever.
Rightfully Catholic clay.