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Posted by Michael on October 8, 2007, 1:34 am The 13th Century church you refer to is the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Christchurch)which is the diocesan cathedral of the Church of Ireland (Anglican/Espiscopalian) for Dublin and Glendalough. St.Mary's Pro-Cathedral was built in 1825 on a cleared site on Marlborough Street and was constituted from St.Mary's Chapel on Liffey Street. Much of the district formed part of St.Mary's Abbey which was dissolved under King Henry VIII. It is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin and also serves occasions of State.Thus there are two Anglican cathedrals (Christchurch and St.Patrick's) and one Roman Catholic "Pro-Cathedral" (St.Mary's). To be sure.
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"I admit that I had to listen a few times before understanding just how the producer John Barnes, engineer J.R. Wearn and mastering engineers managed to cope with the massive reverb of the Pro-Cathedral Mary Chapel, Dublin. Simple really, they faced it head-on at a time the 13th century building experienced bits of it falling down. The building was last restored to full strength in Victorian times then needing repair occasionally because it is too close to the River Liffey so slips and slides on peat foundations.
It is called a ‘Pro-Cathedral’ because the original St. Mary’s was disestablished under the English rule of Ireland, thus there is an entirely Catholic cathedral not far away, called St Patrick’s. The overall result is that Dublin boasts two wonderful cathedrals and no one bothers much about religious differences. The city also has numerous churches and chapels with less challenging acoustics than “The Pro”, as Dubliners call it."
St.Patrick's Cathedral serves as the National cathedral of the Church of Ireland.
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