| 915-922 |
Viking settlers establish trading community on what is now South Main Street
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| c. 1050 |
Foundation of Christchurch by Hiberno-Norse. First church in the city of Cork
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| 1081 |
Christchurch mentioned in Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland
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| 1177 |
Anglo-Normans take the city of Cork
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| 1185 |
Possible date of construction of Anglo-Norman Christchurch
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| 1199 |
Christchurch listed among possessions of diocese of Cork by Pope Innocent III
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| 1291 |
Christchurch rated in the taxation of Pope Nicholas at 15 Marks
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| 1306 |
Evidence of oldest bequest to Christchurch made by John Wynchedon
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| 1382 |
Evidence of Christchurch under royal patronage during reign of Richard II
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| c. 1450 |
Landgable Roll refers to Lady Chapel in Christchurch
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| 1482 |
Philip Goold founds Chantry College on Christchurch Lane
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| 1497 |
Perkin Warbeck arrives in Cork. Legend of his coronation as King Richard IV in Christchurch by Irish opponents of Henry VII
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| 1545 |
Christchurch marked on earliest surviving map of Cork – ‘The Tower of London’ map
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| 1548 |
Chantry College dissolved
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| 1555 |
Possible date for carving of ‘Modest Man’ |
| 1575 |
Elizabeth I grants lands, tenements and tithes to the value of £20 to pay for the maintenance of Christchurch
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| pre-1582 |
Chapel dedicated to St James in Christchurch
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| 1587 |
Christchurch clearly marked on medieval map, Pacata Hibernia
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| 1594 |
Edmund Spenser marries Elizabeth Boyle in Christchurch
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| 1601 |
Hardiman Map depicts Christchurch with a nave, north and south aisles and a square tower at the west end
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| 1621 |
Two bells cast for Christchurch. One inscribed with the name of ‘Andrew Skiddie, Mayor of Cork.’ Bell missing since 1931
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| 1643-68 |
Christchurch Parish Register & Records. Earliest published records of burials in Cork
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| 1644 |
Irish and Catholic population expelled from Cork city, including Old Catholic merchant classes, for conspiring rebellion. Cork put under military governance by Cromwell until 1656
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| 1647 |
Soldiers killed in battle of Knockninoss between the forces of Lord Inchiquin and Lord Taafe interred at Christchurch
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| 1649 |
Cromwell spends Christmas in Cork. Legend that Christchurch was used as stables and bells taken down to make cannons
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| 1655 |
Cromwell grants new Municipal Charter to the Protestants of the city of Cork. John Hodder elected mayor
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| 1690 |
Siege of Cork. Christchurch sustains damage. Protestants held captive in church released. Catholics in turn imprisoned
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| 1691 |
Christchurch steeple contains ‘City Clock’
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| 1716 |
Anglo-Norman Christchurch demolished
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| 1718 |
Stone for the new Church put in place. John Coltsman is architect
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| 1719 |
Parliamentary Coal Act. Taxes put on imported coal to rebuild Christchurch
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| 1726 |
John Coltsman rebuild of Christchurch complete. £480 deficit. Coal Tax renewed
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| 1747 |
Christchurch steeple continues to sink in marshy foundations. Deemed a public menace. Orders in place to take it down, though work not fully undertaken
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| 1750 |
Mayor and Corporation Gallery erected on northern wall. Now non-existent
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| 1787 |
A choir established in Christchurch by voluntary subscription to counter falling numbers and revenue
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| 1810 |
Another 100ft of Christchurch tower removed due to subsidence
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| 1815 |
‘Modest Man’ slab found in crypt
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| 1823 |
Architects deem Christchurch dangerous and close it
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| 1825 |
Christchurch committee petitions parliament for funding of renovation
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| 1827 |
Tenders put out for Christchurch renovations. George Richard Pain wins contract for £7000
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| 1828 |
Pain remodels Christchurch interior
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| 1829 |
Pain renovations complete. Records suggest every memorial was displaced and many destroyed during renovations
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| c.1830 |
Christchurch vaults and crypt no longer flood at high tide
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| 1831 |
Soup houses set up by Christchurch Committee to safeguard against cholera
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| 1840 |
Municipal Corporations Act. Marks the end of Protestant domination of Cork Corporation after nearly two centuries
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| 1863 |
Human heart found enclosed in lead cyst in crypt. Now part of PittRiversMuseum collection, University of Oxford
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| 1878 |
Renovations under W. H. Hill. Apse built. TC Lewis organ installed
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| 1879 |
Pulpit and stained glass windows installed in apse
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| 1885 |
Apse begins to subside
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| 1891 |
Oak reredos panelling for the chancel put in place
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| 1919 |
‘Boys Brigade’ window erected in memory of parish casualties in World War I
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| 1937 |
Apse repaired and reinforced
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| 1974-77 |
Extensive archaeological excavation of Christchurch Lane by D C Twohig
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| 1975 |
Archaeological excavations locate fragmentary remains of Chantry College
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| 1978 |
Christchurch deconsecrated
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| 1979 |
Cork Corporation purchase Christchurch. Cork Archives Institute opens
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| 1997 |
Archaeological excavations of Tuckey Street reveal 11th century Hiberno-Norse structure and evidence of earliest settlement on the south island
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| 2005 |
Cork City and County Archives move to Blackpool
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| 2008 |
Refurbishment of Christchurch project initiated
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| 2009 |
Pre-refurbishment works. Archaeological excavation – crypt and graveyard
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| 2011 |
Renovations of Christchurch and integration into Triskel complete
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| April 2011 |
Christchurch reopens to the public
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