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According to Irish mythology it was one of the great royal sites of Gaelic Ireland and the capital of Ulster. It appears to have been largely abandoned after the 1st century. In the 3rd century, a ditch and bank was dug around the top of Cathedral Hill, the heart of what is now Armagh.
The arrival of Archbishop Robinson in 1765, ‘the second founder of Armagh’, saw a new role for the crypt and a striking restoration of the cathedral. He converted a bay of the crypt as a tomb for his brother William and himself. Archbishop Beresford is also buried here.
To the left, as one leaves the Cathedral gates, is Armagh Robinson Library, founded in 1771. Across the road is the former Infirmary, dating from 1774. The eighteenth century is further represented in the eleven houses of Vicar’s Hill facing the west end of the Cathedral.
With the 16th-century Protestant Reformation, the cathedral was retained by the Protestant Church of Ireland. Following Catholic emancipation in the 19th century, a new Catholic cathedral was built in Armagh, also called St Patrick's Cathedral.
Oct 8, 2023 · The Cathedral, built in 1765, on supposed site of St Patrick's Church, was greatly improved and renovated by Archbishops Robinson and Beresford. ... The Palace of the Archbishop, the R.C. Cathedral, and the College, are the other principal buildings; there are also barracks for 200 men.
It was built in various phases between 1840 and 1904 to serve as the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Armagh, the original medieval Cathedral of St. Patrick having been appropriated by the state church called the Church of Ireland at the time of the Irish Reformation.
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Jan 10, 2012 · Construction began in 1840, taking 70 years to complete the lofty building with its imposing two spires. Inside intricate coloured mosaic covers every square foot of walls and ceilings – and some 20 Irish saints and 50 angels are represented in marble.
