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St. Michan's Church

Dublin, IE

St. Michan's Church

St. Michan's Church is a Church of Ireland church located in Church Street, Dublin, Ireland. The first Christian chapel on this site dated from 1095, and operated as a Catholic church until the Reformation. The current church dates from 1686, and has served Church of Ireland parishioners in Dublin f

or more than 300 years. The church is known for its vaults, which contain a number of 'mummified' remains. In 2019, a man broke into the church's crypt and stole the heads of two mummies, including that of an 800-year-old body called "The Crusader". While the heads were subsequently recovered, a fire set in the crypt in June 2024 resulted in the destruction of five mummies, including "The Crusader".

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