You could drive a “Mini car” through holes in the roof of Dublin’s St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dean William Morton says, as it is in such “a perilous state”. Guinness fundingIt will be the largest such venture at St Patrick’s “since the Guinness restoration of the cathedral which happened between 1860 and 1865”. Then, the ceiling was lowered, meaning there is “quite a sizeable area between ceiling and roof timbers, which date from the 12th century”. ‘Irish history’St Patrick’s is almost as old as Notre Dame, being founded in 1191 to Notre Dame’s 1163. Dean Morton also intends visiting the US next November to give talks about St Patrick’s.

Source: The Irish Times June 19, 2019 00:00 UTC