Former LED ZEPPELIN Guitarist To Open Cathedral Exhibition

October 4, 2005

IrishExaminer.com is reporting that former LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page has confirmed that that he will be in Cork, Ireland to launch a celebration of the work of the architect who designed the city’s landmark St Fin Barre's Cathedral.

Page, who is said to be a huge fan of English architect William Burges (the Cathedral is regarded as Burges's first masterpiece),will open the exhibition, entitled Conserving the Dream, in Cork's public museum on Thursday, October 6.

Dean of St Fin Barre's, Rev Michael Burrows, said it would be the Cathedral's most significant contribution to the city's year as European Capital of Culture.

Examples of recently restored documents, stained glass window cartoons and plaster working models from the Cathedral will be on view. "These documents and models are examples of the remarkable archival richness of the treasures of St Fin Barre's," he said.

"It is thanks to the generosity of a benefactor it has been possible to restore these examples for exhibition and also a foretaste of what could be put on view if further restoration were to be done."

Burges was appointed architect to build a new Cathedral in 1862 after a competition.

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