St Patrick’s Gift Day
Unlike cathedrals in some other EU countries Irish cathedrals are not maintained by the state. For the Church of Ireland, which has inherited responsibility for most of the older cathedral buildings, this constitutes a considerable burden. Grant aid may be obtained for some restoration projects and in the case of major conservation undertakings the support of local communities and business has been vital and deeply appreciated, But for the more mundane, but no less important, projects cathedrals have to find ways to raise funds.
In the case of St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, this is done, in…
