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]
| Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners | |
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Séipéal Mhuire gan Smál, Tearmann na bPeacach, Ráth Maonais[1] | |
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  Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners | |
| 53°19′40″N 6°15′50″W / 53.32789°N 6.26379°W | |
| Location | Rathmines County Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Tradition | Roman Rite |
| Website | https://www.rathminesparish.ie/ |
| History | |
| Dedication | Mary, mother of Jesus (Refugium Peccatorum) |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Patrick Byrne William Henry Byrne[2] |
| Architectural type | Neoclassical |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Dublin |
| Deanery | Cullenswood |
| Parish | Rathmines |
The interior of the church, roof and dome were destroyed by a fire on 26 January 1920,[3] but were rebuilt and reopened by 1922.[2] The dome was made even higher in the rebuilding effort.[3]
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It is mentioned as "Rathmines' blue dome" in Ulysses.[4]
Two characters in Sally Rooney's 2021 novel Beautiful World, Where Are You attend Mass in the church.[5]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "1854 – Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners Church, Rathmines, Dublin". archiseek. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b Grimes 2015, p. 16.
- ^ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Ulysses, by James Joyce". www.gutenberg.org.
- ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". 7 October 2021.
Sources
edit- Grimes, Brendan (1 March 2015). "Patrons and architects and the creation of Roman Catholic church architecture in nineteenth-century Dublin". Dublin Historical Record. 68 (1). Dublin: Old Dublin Society: 6–20. JSTOR 24616063.