The first time Henry II received communion after ordering the murder of Thomas Beckett occurred in this cathedral, which had originally been built after Sitric Silkbeard returned from a pilgrimage to Rome.
The first time Henry II received communion after ordering the murder of Thomas Beckett occurred in this cathedral, which had originally been built after Sitric Silkbeard returned from a pilgrimage to Rome. Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, who was nicknamed Strongbow, was originally buried in this cathedral after overseeing its expansion. Lambert Simnel was crowned king in this cathedral, whose original main stone section was designed by St Laurence O'Toole. During the Reformation, Edward VI gave all of the jewels and ornaments from St Patrick's Cathedral to this cathedral, but Mary I soon gave them all back. The main Anglican cathedral in Dublin is, for 10 points, what cathedral that shares its name with an Oxford college founded by Cardinal Wolsey and the most populous city on New Zealand's South Island?
The first time Henry II received communion after ordering the murder of Thomas Beckett occurred in this cathedral, which had originally been built after Sitric Silkbeard returned from a pilgrimage to Rome.
{Christ Church} Cathedral, Dublin (accept the {Cathedral of the Holy Trinity})