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• 7 the sta l?P the cathedral both before and after the revolution, the following account 
is given hy ai chbishop King m his visitation hook of the diocese in 1690 S 
doners in® lS^flOSS? 1 !,^ 18 likewi , se „^ e P““t church, is a goodly fabric begun hy the Lon- 
1, i 2 LJ 628 L but was not finished for many years afterwards. It has an ore-an a 
square steeple, and a good ring of six bells. It had formerly a spire of wood leaded buHt was 
tm the 1T aken r1 d ° Wn b f 01 i e the troubles - Thelead preserved (in order to build it again) 
from bomR SleS rl Wb *, ch ^ USed for bullets - The church suffered much in the°roof 
I Tom bS an d other accidents. Their majesties allowed 200 pounds towards repairina- it 
but -00 more will not finish the necessary repairs of it.” ^ 1=3 7 
nf t u?T,!u e ” 1Sllt 0f i h u 1St of December, 1740, the cathedral took fire from the carelessness 
of the bell-ringers ; the flames, however, were speedily extinguished 
on tht 13th f" 1 ° f Bisho P ° f Derl T, completed 
°"L “ . j Y’ V 78 ' £ was of hewn stone > and of an octagonal pyramidal form with 
open ornamented windows. The top was crowned with a large gilt copper ball over which was 
fated 2] lan< Thp le Van > 3 f ° f C0 PPf r - The old steeple, originally 66 feet high, was now 
fit i 2 ' + u Tb ! Plle ltS , e f ™ easured 130, and the ball, vane, and ornamented work rose 11 
228 feet Ve in h ?802^V WOr ^ lh ! therefore > from the ground of the entire edifice was 
state Tt 1“ 02 hl f t s P lr ® was take n down, the tower which supported it being in a dangerous 
state _ It was soon after rebuilt, with the addition of Gothic pinnacles, from a fund of £400 
citilil T? c ? I } tnbuted by the Irish Society-the other by’ Bishop Knox and the 
citizens. It is surmounted by a cross, which ends in a vane 1 
the ™ Pmded " ll ” S,eeple >' * hi ‘ " « » «*« over 
“To commemorate the Liberality of The Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens of London 
derry, who On the 12th day of August, 1813, in the Fifty-third year Tthe rein of om- 
Bells iifthis°CathedraT bfr theU ' own , e ^P ens 1 e t completed the erection of eight new 
ifiQQ y ath , edra b m place of those presented by his Majesty, Charles the First in tPe 
year 1638, which had suffered by time and accident and become totally useless. This tablet 
