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St Patrick's Cathedral
Ireland's largest church, founded in 1191, where Jonathan Swift was dean and is buried.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid; free for services
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- St Patrick's Close, Dublin 8Directions
- Getting There
- A 15-minute walk from Trinity College.
Why Go
Built beside a well where St Patrick is said to have baptized converts, the cathedral is the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, was its dean for 32 years.
Its choir sings evensong on most days.
Nearby in Dublin
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