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St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, with its tower and spire, seen across a park.
From the north-east, across St Patrick’s Park. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

The national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Unusually, it is not a bishop’s seat; Jonathan Swift was its most famous dean.

Location
Dublin, Ireland
Building
Cathedral (national cathedral of the Church of Ireland; not a bishop’s seat)
Tradition
Anglican (Church of Ireland)
Religious use
In use as the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland.
Official website
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

Map Building location: Apple Maps · Google Maps — the building, not a confirmed visitor entrance.

Since 1870 St Patrick’s has been the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland, with chapter members from each of its twelve dioceses. The Archbishop of Dublin’s seat is at nearby Christ Church Cathedral.

In the Atlas

Each paragraph says whether it is documented history, a tradition handed down, or disputed.

  • Documented

    The office of dean has existed since 1219. The relationship with Christ Church was settled by an agreement of 1300, the Pacis Compositio, which remained in force until 1870.

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  • Reference work · Read in a build session

    St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — Wikipedia (English)

    Read on 28 Oct 2026 at revision 1379531878, fetched by the research workflow (research/fetched/places/st-patricks-cathedral-dublin/wikipedia.txt). A general reference work, not a scholarly source; the statements here were checked against it.

  • Reference work · Read in a build session

    Wikidata item Q846365 (St Patrick's Cathedral) — Wikidata

    Read on 28 Oct 2026: instance of, religion, diocese, coordinates and official website.