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A North Transept
There are three 16th-century
tombs here, decorated with
remarkably fresh and intricate A Replica of the 12th-century St. Patrick's
carvings. This one, against Cross; the original is in the museum
the north wall, features a ST. PATRICK AND KING AENGHUS
vine-leaf design and strange Round Tower ~
stylized beasts. During the baptism ceremony
of King Aenghus, St Patrick The Rock's oldest surviving building, this
92-ft (28-m) free-standing bell tower
accidentally stabbed him in the enabled the inhabitants to scour the J!ll!~illll!l.._..&o..,,;ll ... ..._
foot with his crozier and the king, surrounding plain for potential attackers. ~~~~'i;~;;,ii;ii~~=t=~i
thinking it was part of the initiation,
bore the pain without complaint St Patrick's Cathedral ~

~ Round tower

Choir
The 17th-century tomb of Miler
Magrath-who caused a scandal
by being both a Protestant and a
Catholic archbishop at the same O'Scully Monument
time-is located here. This ornate memorial, erected
in 1870 by a local landowning
family, suffered damage
during a storm in 1976.
Graveyard

Limestone rock f

KEY DATES
~ St. Patrick's Cathedral
The roofless Gothic cathedral has thick 450 1101 1127-1134 123()-1270 1647 1975
wa lis riddled with hidden passages; in the St. Patrick visits cashel is handed King Cormac The large, cashel is invaded The Hall of the
north transept these are seen emerging at (a;hel and converts over to the MacCarthy builds als~less, cruc{orm and besieged by an Vicars Choral
the base of the windows. King Aenghus to Church by King Cormac's Chapel as St. Patrick's English army under undergoes
Christianity. Muircheatach a gift to the Church. Cathedral is built. Lord lnchiquin. restoration work.
O'Brien.