St Patrick's Cathedral
Guide
Photo: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$18ChurchAllow 40–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Ireland's largest church, with a long nave hung with old regimental flags, worn memorials, and a small park and fountains outside.
A brief history
It was built in the early 1200s beside a well where St Patrick is said to have baptised people. Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, was dean here and is buried inside.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning, or for choral evensong
- Cost
- ≈ €10
- Allow
- 40–60 min
- Hours
- Usually about 9:30–17:00, Sunday afternoons only (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Temple Bar and the old city: The castle, the two cathedrals, the river and Temple Bar's pubs. Central with several hostels; loud late at night near Temple Bar.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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