Introduction
Raymond Refaussé
The medieval Cathedral
From Hiberno-Norse to Anglo-Norman, c.1030–1300
Stuart Kinsella
The construction of the medieval cathedral, c.1030–1250
Roger Stalley
Christ Church in the later medieval Irish world, 1300–1500
James Lydon
The architecture of the cathedral and priory buildings, 1250–1530
Roger Stalley
Liturgy in the late medieval cathedral priory
Alan J. Fletcher
Music in the medieval cathedral priory
Barra Boydell
The early modern cathedral
The coming of reform, 1500–58
Raymond Gillespie
The shaping of reform, 1558–1625
Raymond Gillespie
The 1562 collapse of the nave and its aftermath
Roger Stalley
The establishment of the choral tradition, 1480–1647
Barra Boydell
The modern cathedral
Restoration and reorganisation, 1660–1830
Kenneth Milne
The flourishing of music, 1660–1800
Barra Boydell
The stripping of the assets, 1830–1960
Kenneth Milne
Music in the nineteenth-century cathedral, 1800–70
Barra Boydell
George Edmund Street and the restoration of the cathedral, 1868–78
Roger Stalley
Optimism and decline: music, 1870–c.1970
Barra Boydell