St Michan's Church (Dublin, Ireland)
06.09.2014
Visiting St Michan's Church in Dublin, Ireland.
'Crusader' head restored as St Michan's Church reopens its crypt to the public
ST MICHAN'S CHURCH in Dublin has reopened the crypt that houses its mummies to the public today, four and a half months after the mummified head of the 800-year-old 'Crusader' was stolen from the underground vault.
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VIDEO: 'Vandalism, sacrilege, desecration' at St Michan's Church in Dublin
David Pierpoint, Archdeacon of Dublin, on the vandalism at the crypt at St Michan's Church.
St Michan's Church Dublin
St Michan's Church Dublin was founded in 1096, it is famous for the mummified bodies in the crypt which date back 800 years.
Destruction at St Michan's church
At the weekend, the vaults in St Michan's church in Dublin were broken into and an 800-year-old mummy destroyed.
St. Michan's Church, Dublin
The vaults of St. Michan's uniquely contain many mummified remains. The walls in the vaults contain limestone, which has kept the air dry, creating ideal conditions for preservation. Among the preserved remains are the 400-year-old body of a nun, a six-and-a-half foot man popularly believed to have been a crusader, a body with its feet and right hand severed, and the Sheares brothers—Henry and John—who took part in the 1798 rebellion. The various holders of the title Earl of Leitrim were also interred here.
St. Michan's Church, Dublin
A stroll through St. Michan's Church cemetery.
St. Michan's Church - Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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'Crusader' head restored as St Michan's Church reopens its crypt to the public
Saturday 17 August 2019
'Crusader' head restored as St Michan's Church reopens its crypt to the public | Sky Ireland
The head was stolen in February but later recovered by gardaí after an investigation.
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St. Michan's Church: The Crypt
This was the only video I could get when we went into the crypts. I wasn't supposed to have my camera out but I had to get something of the way the tour guide talked. It was hysterical.
Crypts of St. Michan's Church Dublin, Ireland
Our guide was really funny!
Crypts of St. Michan's Church Dublin, Ireland
Down in the crypts!
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Crypts of St. Michan's Church Dublin, Ireland
Going down into the second one!
Mummies of Dublins St Michans Church.
Built on the site of an early Danish chapel (1095), the current structure dates largely from a reconstruction in 1686, but is still (possibly) the only parish church on the north side of the Liffey surviving from a Viking foundation.
While the exterior of the church may be unimpressive, the interior boasts some fine woodwork, and an organ (dated 1724) on which Handel is said to have composed his Messiah.
The vaults of St. Michan's uniquely contain many mummified remains.[2] The walls in the vaults contain limestone, which has kept the air dry, creating ideal conditions for preservation.[4] Among the preserved remains are a 400-year-old nun, a six-and-a-half foot man popularly believed to have been a crusader, a body with its feet and right hand severed, and the Sheares brothers—Henry and John—who took part in the 1798 rebellion. The various holders of the title Earl of Leitrim were also interred here.[
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St Doulagh's Church
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President and Sabina visit St. Michan’s Church
President and Sabina Higgins visited St. Michan’s Church, in Dublin’s Church Street.
The church was founded in 1095 A.D. and is renowned for its interior and for burial vaults containing the mummified remains of many of Dublin’s most influential families from 1600 to 1800.
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Mummies St Michan's Church- Dublin - Momias, Iglesia St. Michan's
St. Michan's Church
Oxmanstown, located just north of the River Liffey, opposite the original medieval Dublin settlement, is the area to which the Vikings (the East men, or Ostmen) were expelled when the Normans conquered the city in the 11th Century. St. Michan's church was built during this period. Renovations in recent centuries led to the discovery of mummified human remains which are now on display in the crypts below the church. This music was written in the graveyard outside the crypts and seeks to capture the sombre mood.