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Christ Church Cathedral is Dublin's oldest cathedral. It started life as a small church founded by Dunan, the first Bishop of Dublin, with funds from the Norse King of Dublin, Sitriuc. After the capture of the city by the Anglo-Normans in 1170, their leader Strongbow (who is buried here) planned a great cathedral with the Archbishop of Dublin, Layrence O'Toole. Their vision was completed in the 1230s.

Following the Reformation, Christ Church became a Protestant cathedral and it was extensively restored in the 1870s. Its medieval crypt is one of the oldest surviving structures in Dublin.