Specialist repair works continuing at St Brigid's Cathedral in Kildare Town

Specialist repairs are continuing on part of the ancient wall surrounding St Brigid's Cathedral in Kildare Town.

The wall is being carefully dis-assembled in order to reinforce its structure at Firecastle Lane.

The work is being carried out by building restoration specialist Acol Ltd which is based in Merrywell, Drumree, Co. Meath.

The contractor moved into the site in July and the work is expected to last a number of months.

The Norman-style St Brigid's Cathedral dates back almost 800 years to 1223.

However the site is believed to have occupied an original pagan shrine to the goddess Brigid and the later early Christian foundation and church of St. Brigid.

The Cathedral was reduced to ruins in the 1600s but restored in the 19th and 20th Centuries.