Oldest building in Limerick by RickinDutch
St Mary's Cathedral was built in 1168 on the site of a palace given to Limerick by the King of Munster. The palace was built on the Viking Meeting House that used to be the seat of power for the Vikings. Well worth a visit and usually a docent is available to walk you around and explain many of the artifacts both in and out of the church.We were able to visist the church for their Choral Evensong and I was very impressed. They hold this event every month on the 3rd Sunday at 7:00PM.
The bells are quite famous and the center piece of Limerick's New Year's celebration. If someone says they went to the bells, it means they came down to listen to the Bell's of St Mary's (no relation to the Bing Crosby movie) ring in the New Year.
