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This was transcribed by Cork Antiquarian Richard Caulfield in 1877 and the following is an extract

‘Church of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Cork, occupies the
site of one of the two ancient Parish Churches, once within the
City walls. It was also called the ‘King’s Chapel,’ and is mentioned as the
Church of the Holy Trinity in the Decretal Epistles of Pope Innocent III.,
in the year 1199, and is rated in the Taxation of Pope Nicholas in 1291 at
fifteen marks. It was situated about 120 feet within the East wall of the
City, and beside it was the College of Christ Church, long since removed. The
Church-yard and adjacent ground was, till lately, within a few inches of the
surface, a marsh, and before the year 1S30 the vaults were filled with water
at the rise of every tide. When the present…