【利默里克】聖瑪麗教堂

Saint Mary’s Cathedral, founded in 1168 A.D., stands majestically over the city of Limerick on the banks of the River Shannon. Discover Saint Mary’s Cathedral, said to be built on the site of a Viking Thingmote (meeting place), and later was the palace of the O’Briens, the former Kings of Munster. Explore this extraordinary building that has been ever present during invasions, sieges, battles, wars, famines and times of peace. Keep an eye out for its historical Irish religious art, spanning the last nine centuries. There are six chapels within the cathedral with an altar in Lady Chapel which is four metres long and weighs three tons. It is the cathedral’s original, pre Reformation high altar.