St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)

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St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh is the seat of the Primate of All Ireland in the Church of Ireland, and was the seat of the Catholic Archbishops until the Protestant Reformation. It is found in Armagh, Northern Ireland.

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[edit] History

The origins of the cathedral are related to the construction in 445 of stone church on the Druim Saileach (Sallow Ridge) hill by St. Patrick, around which a monastic community developed. The Church was and is the center of the Church of Ireland.

The Church itself has been destroyed and rebuilt 17 times. It was substantially restored between 1834 and 1840 by Archbishop Lord John George Beresford and the architect Lewis Nockalls Cottingham.

[edit] Organ and Organists

[edit] Organ

Details of the organ from the National Pipe Organ Register

[edit] Organists

  • 1634 Richard Galway
  • 1661 John Hawkshaw
  • 1695 Robert Hodge
  • 1711 William Toole
  • 1722 Samuel Bettridge
  • 1752 John Woffington
  • 1759 Robert Barnes
  • 1776 Langrishe Doyle
  • 1782 Richard Langdon
  • 1794 John Clarke
  • 1797 John Jones
  • 1816 Frederick Horncastle
  • 1823 Robert Turle
  • 1872 Thomas Marks
  • 1917 G. H. P. Hewson
  • 1920 Edred Chaundy
  • 1935 Reginald West
  • 1951 Frederick Carter
  • 1966 Christopher Phelps
  • 1968 Martin White
  • 2002 Theo Saunders

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

List of Anglican Cathedrals in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Anglican Communion