Concert Spots - Saint Patrick's Dublin

One of the four MESSIAH concert locations is in the historic Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland.

Saint Patrick's Cathedral was originally named Árd Eaglais Naomh Pádraig in the Irish language and was founded in 1191. The cathedral is the largest church in Ireland.

The catheral was founded in medieval times. The basis of the present building was built between 1191 and 1270, though little now remains of the earliest work beyond the Baptistry.

Much of the work was overseen by the previously mentioned Henry of London, a friend of the King of England and signatory of the Magna Carta,who was also involved in the construction of Dublin's city walls, and Dublin Castle.

Legend has it that Saint Patrick's was the origin of the expression "chancing your arm" (meaning to take a risk), when Gerald, Earl of Kildare cut a hole in a door there, still to be seen, and thrust his arm through it, in an effort to call a truce with another Earl, James of Ormond, in 1492.