St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin

We toured St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin today. It was very ornate and lovely and our whisper-quite tour guide was informative if you were standing within a 3-foot radius of her.  ;)

Floor tiles were redone as part of the Guinness restoration in the 1890's.  They're beautiful. 

Toophus in front of a very large gold lectern. 

One side of the choir area, also where most prestigious Knights of the Order of St. Patrick sit whenever they are there for ceremonies. 

Winding staircase up to the organ's pipes

Jonathan Swift was Dean of the Cathedral in the early 1700's. He is buried there (vertically, by his insistence) next to his best friend, Stella Johnson