Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-04-26

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sau street, is the Mansion House, the
othcial residence of the Lord Mayo, a
fne old-fashioned house with a superbly
oak-paneled hall and dining-room and a
magnificent ballroom Here the hos
pitable Lord Mayors feed their brethren
OF the Municipal Council and shop the
gray-eyed daughters of Erin.
Dublin proudly boasts of three cathe-
drals-St. Patrick's (the National Cathe-
dral of Ireland), Christ Church and the
Roman Catholic Cathedral. In the fifth
century the native converts to Christianity
| built church, which they dedicated TO
st. Patrick, and where there Is. tradition
| that the Saint himself preached The
Archbishop of Dublin, John Comyn, in
| l190 built parish church, which was also
dedicated to the great missionary. 1t was
! then raised by Papal bull to the dignity
of Sacred College. In the time of
! Henry VIII. a court of law sat here, and
a university was established in it, which
continued till the founding of Trinity
College. In 1852 the cathedral was burnt
down and rebuilt by Archbishop AIinot.
1860 twelve Bishops were here consecrated
lin BUNCH, one of them being Jeremy
Taylor. When William III came to
Dublin, after his victory at the Boyne, he
went with his army to St. Patrick's, to re-
turn thanks for his victory. The grand
old cathedral had fallen sadly into the
sere and yellow leaf, when Benjamin Lee
Guinness, a Dublin brewer, came to the
rescue and restored il at cost of G156,-
600, or $4,000, in return for which he
subsequently received baronetcy. Dean
y, T..
1t was in 1888 that the erection OF Christ
Church Cathedral was ordered, and in 1876
that it was restored by Mr.. Roe, distiller
at colt of 100000, or 100000. The
traditions of this fabric are full of inter-
est. A Parliament was held within its
walls by Henry VI. in 1850, and it was
here that Lambert Simnel, the impostor,
was crowned as King in 1887, the crown
used on the occasion being borrowed from
a statue Of the Blessed Virgin, in the
neighboring church on Cork hill. It is
believed that the bodies OF Strongbow.
Earl OF Pembroke and his wife, Eva,
daughter of Dermot, King of Leinster, are
inferred here. Strongbow's tomb IS an OBJ
ject of great interest. The monument con-
sists of square pedestal, on the top of
which lies the form of warrior in chain
armor, with legs crossed, Crusader fashion.
1t was in Christ Church that the liturgy
of the Reformation was first read in Ire
land in the English tongue.
The Roman Catholic pro-CathedraI is
in Marlborough street. II is built in the
Grecian style of architecture, and in this
case contributes all the characteristics of
sublimity Of conception, beauty and SYM
metry of proportion, and the reyerential
solemnity of air which harmonizes with
the mystic functions of religion. The
cathedral consists of heightened nave
and side aisles, divided by stately rows of
massive Doric columns, supporting an
architrave and entablature, and an arched
ceiling. The building cost $4,000, or
S250,000. 1t was dedicated and opened for
worship on the 18th of Novemer, 1926, by
Archbishop Murray. The dedication SER
mon was preached by the Bossuet of the
age, James Doyle, Bishop of Kildare and
Leighlin, Daniel O'Connell and Richard
Laior Shiel being amongst the congrega-
ton. The functions, at which the Lord
Cardinal presides, are as grand as they are
impressive.
A very old church is that of St. Mich
ans, which dates from 1895. The vaults
beneath the edifce are the marvels of the
age, possessing antiseptic qualities of such
effectiveness that about score of bodies,
inferred centuries ago, are preserved so re-
markedly that the form and features OF
life are easily distinguishable. The skin
in most cases is intact, the teeth have not
fallen from their places, and in some in
stances ribbons, stockings and other por-
lions of adornments and coverings of the
corpses, still envelop the perfect, though
discolored, heads and limbs, as though
moth and dust and worms did not exist.
Along the north quays is the Four
Courts, the greenish dome suggesting an
Eastern mosque. The Four Courts were
completed in the year of the Union at
cost of 100000. The Hail." during
term time, is the scene of the busiest ex-
Observation-Disclosures in wigs and gowns,
solicitors and their clients, all engaged in
solemn conferences, in detached groups,
beneath the great dome. The various
Courts-Chancery, Exchequer, Nisi Prius,
etc.-give off the hall.
From the Four Courts along the ouavs
come the Royal Barracks, Guinness i'm
mense brewery on the hill to the left, with
Madame Stevens Hospital and the Kings
Bridge terminus in the middle foreground.
Turning up Park street the celebrated
Phoenix Park is reached, its lordly elms
browning the somewhat steep ascent. The
Phoenix is the fairest and grandest of all
Enclosures of the kind in the British Is
lands. 1t lies to the west of the city, and
covers the immense space of l ,753 acres. A
superb view of the Dublin Mountains is
obtained from here, from the "Three
Rocks" to Montpelier" with its haunted
castle.
The Viceregal Lodge, with q facade re-
sembling the United States White House,
is the summer residence Of the Viceroy,
and with its gardens, battle-ground, ETC.,
covers 100 acres. A few hundred yards to
the west is the residence of the Chief Sec
rotary for Ireland, and to the south that
of the Under Secretary. 1t was while pro-
ceeding to their respective lodges that
Lord Cavendish and Mr.. Burke were
assassinated by the Invincibles. The We'll
Gngton Memorial, an obelisk of granite,
nicknamed by O'Connell ''the overgrown
milestone" is so lofty as TO be visible from
many parts of the city. 1t was erected to
commemorate the victories of the most
illustrious soldier that Ireland ever pro-
duced In the Peoples Garden is a statue
of Lord Carlisle. The Geological Gardens
are in the Phenix, also the headquarters
of the Royal Irish Constabulary. The
celebrated Fifteen Acres, where so many
duels were fought in ex-Union days, are
now used for the purpose of military re-
views and cricketers, the turf being as
even as the bed of billiard table,
At Giasnevin are the Botanical Gardens
and the Roman Catholic Cemetery, with
its tomb of O'Connell; also the College of
Science, in Stephens Green; the Royal
Hibernian Academy, in Dawson street;
the Royal Dublin Society, in Kildare
street, and the National Gallery, Kings
town, too, should be taken in, from the
piers Of which a view OF Dublin's bay,
with the Hill of Howth, can be enjoyed.
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