“Community is built by good relationships and by emphasising our long, shared history rather than our more recent divided past" - Bishop Donal McKeown.

The volume is internationally renowned as it contains numerous documents of legal interest, such as some of the provisions of Magna Carta.

One hundred years ago, on 10 October 1916, the Bishops of Ireland gave their blessing to a new venture known as the Maynooth Mission to China. It became known as the Society of St Columban on 29 June 1918.

Christ Church Cathedral exhibition explains the significance of Magna Carta from 1215 to the present day and the importance of its special Libre Niger copy.

Rare 14th century copy of Magna Carta, contained within the cathedral’s Liber Niger, will form centrepiece of the interactive family-friendly exhibition.