Trim Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of St Patrick, Trim is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Meath, it's far now one in every of two cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Meath and Kildare that is a part of the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. The tower is a remnant of the medieval parish Church of Trim. Walter de Brugge, an English born choose, was appointed vicar of St. Patrick's in 1381. Bishops had been enthroned right here in view that 1536 however it changed into not raised to Cathedral popularity till 1955. The tower clock commemorates Dean Butler, the historian of Trim. Stained glass in the West window was the primary ever stained glass designed by way of Edward Burne-Jones.

During 1992 the Cathedral changed into re roofed and beams renewed inside the gallery. The surrounding countryside might be made of a number of the nice agricultural land inside the u . S . A .. The gift Church turned into constructed in 1803. It replaced an earlier church, which dated back to the 15th century. The ruins of the original church lay in the back of the more recent fifteenth Century church; it is reputed to be the oldest church in Ireland however this is disputed by way of a church in Armagh which claims to be two decades older.