Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners Church

Church in RathminesCounty Dublin, Ireland
53°19′40″N 6°15′50″W / 53.32789°N 6.26379°W / 53.32789; -6.26379LocationRathmines
County DublinCountryIrelandLanguage(s)EnglishDenominationRoman CatholicTraditionRoman RiteWebsiterathminesparish.ie6HistoryDedicationMary, mother of Jesus (Refugium Peccatorum)ArchitectureArchitect(s)Patrick Byrne
William Henry Byrne[2]Architectural typeNeoclassicalAdministrationArchdioceseDublinDeaneryCullenswoodParishRathmines

Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners is a Roman Catholic church in Rathmines, Dublin built in 1854 in the "Greek style".[2] The church was originally designed by Patrick Byrne and later extended by William Henry Byrne who added a portico and pediment.[2]

The church was destroyed in January 1920 by a fire but was rebuilt and reopened by 1922.[2]

Trivia

View of the church and dome

It is mentioned as "Rathmines' blue dome" in Ulysses.[3]

Two characters in Sally Rooney's 2021 novel Beautiful World, Where Are You attend Mass in the church.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ní Úrdail, Meidhbhín (30 November 2020). "Béarrach fir ag caint ar imeall na litríochta". COMHARTaighde (6). doi:10.18669/ct.2020.06 – via comhartaighde.ie.
  2. ^ a b c d "1854 – Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners Church, Rathmines, Dublin". archiseek. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Ulysses, by James Joyce". www.gutenberg.org.
  4. ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". 7 October 2021.

External links

  • rathminesparish.ie