exterior view of Down Cathedral, Downpatrick, N. Ireland, UK on 5/20/23
Channel: John Edwards
Date: 30/06/2023

This is an exterior view of Down Cathedral a/k/a the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, which is a Church of Ireland Cathedral located on Cathedral Hill in the town of Downpatrick in Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. The date is 5/20/23.

This cathedral incorporates parts of a 13th century monastic church, the Benedictine Abbey of Down, but after dissolution of the monastery in 1541, lay in ruins until restoration began with a 1790 Act of Parliament granting funds to rebuild and restore. It reopened for services in 1818 and the tower was completed in 1829.  The building existing today the outside of which is seen in this video principally consists of the restored original chancel of the 15th century Benedictine church with a vestibule and tower added. This Cathedral also underwent another major restoration in the 1980's. The reputed grave of St. Patrick is in the cemetery on the grounds of the Cathedral.