At Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we usually start our clients in Dublin. One of the sights we recommend is Christ Church Cathedral. It’s a good place to visit on any tours of Ireland. The cathedral has long been the centre of religious life in Ireland. Its full title...
At Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we always advise clients to visit the Cathedral. A Cathedral was founded on the location in 1038 by Sitric, King of the Dublin Vikings. It was for the first Bishop of Dublin. Even though it was a simple wooden building it survived...
The area around Dublin Castle was first settled in prehistoric times, and it was from here that the city grew. Dublin gets its name from the dark pool (Dubh Linn) which formed at the confluence of the Liffey and the Poddle, a river which originally...
The Dublin diocesan cathedral of the Church of Ireland. This church was founded in 1038 by King Sitric Silkenbeard in the center of Viking Dublin. A part of the choir dates from the late twelfth century, and the nave was completed in the thirteenth. Damaged...
Christ Chuch Cathedral is impressive and a must see attraction on any Ireland tours !!!!! The first Christianized Danish king, Sitric, built a wooden church at this site in 1038. In 1171 the original simple foundation was extended into a cruciform and rebuilt in stone by...