The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-03
they look at this noble building and
reflect on the uses to which it is
turned now-the stamping of bank


notes.
The House of Lords remains unal-
tered, save that the site of the throne
is occupied by statue of George III.
The chairs are in place; the long table
is still in the center.
Trinity College, separated from the
Parliament building by one of the
leading thoroughfares, faces on Col
lege Green. This bigoted college Of
to-day was in the beginning creation
of Catholicism. In 1920 Archbishop
Becknor obtained permission from the
Pope to establish university in con-
nection with st. Patrick's Cathedral.
This institution was suppressed by
Henry VIII; was again revived by
Mary; suppressed the second time on
the accession of Elizabeth to the
throne.
= 1t was revived as Protestant instl-
tuition by Lucas Challoner and Arch
bishop LOTUS. The college was great
ly befriended by James I. and Charles
IL, who endowed it with large grants
of confiscated lands in many parts of
Ireland. Catholics were not permitted
to obtain degrees there up to- 1892,
and it was not until 1873 that all relig-
iOus tests, restrictions and disabilities
were removed. This fine college as
well as st. Patricll's Cathedral are to-
day in the hands Of PrOtcStants, en-
tirely devoted to furtherancc of Prot
estantism, in the strongly Catholic
city of Dublin. Statues Of Burke and
Goldsmith are to be found ut the main
entrance; in Parliament Square there
is a portrait of Dean Swift. who, when
a student, was stopped of his degree
for dullness." The gilt chandelier, to
the wonder of many, is made of oak,
and was taken out Of the old House
of Commons. There is III n window
of the chapel fine copy of Raphael's
ascension" in Munich stained glass.
The college library is large and we'll
arranged and well kept.
St. Patrick's Cathedral, built by
Comyn the Norman Archbishop in
1190, was destroyed by fire and re-
built. The church, it is said was
used by Cromwell as law court and
by James II as a stable. The church
was entirely rebuilt in the. middle of
the 18th century.
Much of st. Patrick's present noto-
riety is derived from Dean Swifts con-
nection with this church. His grave
is pointed out ut the south door where
he was privately buried in 1745 at
midnight. Close by is the bust of him
executed by Cunningham and under it
the inscription written by the Dean
himself 'liberatus vindicatorem," de-
noting how he wished to be remember
ed by posterity. Swift's pulpit is
pointed out near this same spot. In
the south transept is "St. Patrick's
Well" beneath lid in the floor; the
original we'll where st. Patrick bap-
tized his converts was, or probably is,
near the north base of the tower. The
choir is embellished with oak stalls
surmounted with two dozen tin he'll
NETS which mark the official seats Of
the "Knights of St. Patrick"
Christ's Church Cathedral, built, too.
by the Catholics, is, since the discs
tablishment of 1870, the head Protest
ant church of Dublin, as distinguished
from the National Cathedral of1St. Pat
rick's. In the crypt extending under
the greater part of the building is seen
the exact plan of the original church
built in 1898 by Sitric, the Christian
King of the Irish Danes. 1t was re-
built in ITO by the Normans, under
Strongbow and the great Lawrence
O'Toole, under the new name Of the
Priory Church of the Holy Trinity.
Soon after, as at Canterbury, arose
jealousy between the two rival cathed-
rails. The roof is ''grOin" vaulted
throughout with stone-a rarity in Ire
land. The arch mouldings at the Sane
tuary end Of the choir are original and
good.
The National Museum and Library
in Kildare street is a handsome group
of buildings, one Of the finest in the
city. The Post Office, Custom House
and -Four Courts are fine buildings
worth visiting. The Catholic churches
in Dublin are good, serviceable build
fngs, well adapted for religious pur-
poses, devotional and churchy, but not
one of them deserves to be singled out
or specially mentioned for It's architect
ural features. There is no Catholic
Cathedral properly so called. A Pro-
Cathedral serves instead.
"Was Rome founded by Romeo" In
quired a pupil Of the teacher.
mo, my son." replied the wise man;
"it was Juliet who was found dead by
Romeo
"Women and CATS" said the youth
full boarder, "are alike" Wrong,
young man." said the Cheerful Idiot.