Christ Church, Cork

The site has been home to several churches, dating to at least the mid-11th century, and Christ Church was listed among the possessions of the diocese of Cork in a 12th-century decretal letter by Pope Innocent III. The pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck was reputedly crowned in this church in 1497 and the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser married there in 1594. Christ Church, also known as Holy Trinity, was the "main church" in Cork city by the 17th century. the church was remodelled in the 1820s by George Richard Pain. Later works were undertaken by architect William Henry Hill. The nave of the church is used as the centre's main auditorium. ==Notable people==

Notable people associated with the church include: • Neptune Blood, 17th-century church minister • Edward Synge, vicar of Christ Church in the late 17th century • Henry Browne Hayes, buried at the church in 1832 ==References==