The Archdiocese of Dublin is a Roman Catholic archdiocese located in eastern Ireland, with a geographical remit comprising the city and traditional county of Dublin, most of County Wicklow and parts of counties Carlow, Kildare, Laois and Wexford.
In 1975, the archdiocese comprised 163 parishes, but as of 2009, the number of parishes had risen to 200. One of these parishes is non-territorial, providing services to the Traveller community. The other 199 parishes had been grouped into sixteen deaneries since 2004, with pastoral responsibility for each of these deaneries resting with a number of auxiliary bishops or episcopal vicars. Each individual deanery is led by a vicar forane, whose responsibility it is to ease the administrative burden on the Archbishop. [1]
Following the establishment of the Building Hope task force by Archbishop Dermot Farrell in April 2021, the parishes were restructured into 53 parish partnerships within fifteen deaneries, which were shared with parishes in the first week of Advent 2022. [2] [3]
Episcopal Vicar | Deanery | Parish Partnerships | Parishes |
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Canon Liam Rigney | Blessington | 4 | 12 |
South Dublin | 2 | 11 | |
Tallaght | 3 | 11 | |
Fr. Richard Sheehy | Blanchardstown | 3 | 9 |
Fingal North | 3 | 11 | |
Maynooth | 4 | 18 | |
Fr. Paul Thornton | Fingal South East | 5 | 16 |
Fingal South West | 4 | 13 | |
Howth | 3 | 14 | |
Fr. Donal Roche | Bray | 5 | 17 |
Donnybrook | 5 | 19 | |
Wicklow | 3 | 10 | |
Fr. Enda Cunningham | Cullenswood | 3 | 12 |
North City Centre | 3 | 10 | |
South City Centre | 3 | 11 | |
Total Count (incl. Travelling People) | 15 | 53 | 194 |
The Blessington deanery is located in the civil county of South Dublin and the traditional counties of Carlow, Kildare, Laois and Wicklow.
The vicar forane is Fr. John Gilligan.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Athy | St Michael's, Athy St Mary's, Barrowhouse (chapel of ease) | 1670 | Athy |
Castledermot | Church of the Assumption, Castledermot St Laurence O'Toole, Levitstown (chapel of ease) | Castledermot | ||
Moone | Blessed Trinity, Moone | 1974 | Constituted from Castledermot Moone | |
Narraghmore | Ss Mary and Laurence, Crookstown St Joseph's, Ballymount (chapel of ease) St Ita's, Kilmead (chapel of ease) | Parish dates from at least 1650 Narraghmore | ||
2 | Blessington | Church of Our Lady, Blessington Our Lady of Mercy Crosschapel, Blessington St Brigid's, Manor Kilbride | Blessington | |
Eadestown | Immaculate Conception, Eadestown St Laurence O'Toole, Kilteel (chapel of ease) | 1884 | Constituted from Blessington Eadestown | |
Valleymount | St Joseph's, Valleymount Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lacken (chapel of ease) | 1803 | Valleymount | |
3 | Ballymore Eustace | Immaculate Conception, Ballymore Eustace St Kevin's, Hollywood (chapel of ease) | Constituted prior to 1779 Ballymore Eustace | |
Dunlavin | St Nicholas of Myra, Dunlavin Holy Trinity, Donard (chapel of ease) Our Lady of Dolours and St Patrick, Davidstown (chapel of ease) | Dunlavin | ||
Kilcullen | Sacred Heart and St Brigid, Kilcullen St Joseph's, Gormanstown (chapel of ease) | 1869 | Constituted from New Abbey Kilcullen | |
4 | Newcastle | St Finian's, Newcastle Lyons | 1974 | Constituted from Saggart Newcastle |
Saggart | Nativity of Our Lady, Saggart Holy Family, Rathcoole (chapel of ease) | 1850 | Saggart |
The South Dublin deanery is located entirely within the eponymous civil county.
The vicar forane is Fr. Philip Bradley.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Ballyboden | Our Lady of Good Counsel, Ballyboden | 1973 | Constituted from Ballyroan, Bohernabreena-Firhouse and Rathfarnham Ballyboden |
Ballyroan | Holy Spirit, Ballyroan | 1968 | Constituted from Rathfarnham Ballyroan | |
Churchtown | Good Shepherd, Churchtown | 1965 | Constituted from Rathfarnham Churchtown | |
Knocklyon | St Colmcille's, Knocklyon | 1974 | Knocklyon | |
Marley Grange | Divine Word, Marley Grange | 1981 | Constituted from Churchtown Marley Grange | |
Rathfarnham | Church of the Annunciation, Rathfarnham | Constituted pre-Reformation Rathfarnham | ||
2 | Greenhills | Holy Spirit, Greenhills | 1971 | Greenhills |
Kimmage Manor | Holy Spirit, Kimmage Manor | 1990 | Constituted from Crumlin and Greenhills Kimmage Manor | |
Templeogue | St Pius X, Templeogue | 1964 | Constituted from Terenure Templeogue | |
Terenure | St Joseph's, Terenure | 1894 | Constituted from Rathfarnham Terenure | |
Willington | St Jude the Apostle, Willington | 1975 | Constituted from Templeogue Willington |
The Tallaght deanery is located entirely within the civil county of South Dublin.
The vicar forane is Fr. William O’Shaughnessy.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Brookfield | St Aidan's, Brookfield | 1983 | Constituted from Springfield Brookfield |
Jobstown | St Thomas the Apostle, Jobstown | 1983 | Constituted from Springfield Jobstown | |
Killinarden | Sacred Heart, Killinarden | 1977 | Constituted from Springfield Killinarden | |
Springfield | St Mark's, Springfield Church of the Incarnation, Fettercairn (chapel of ease) | 1972 | Constituted from Tallaght-Bohernabreena Springfield | |
2 | Kilnamanagh-Castleview | St Kilian's, Kingswood St Kevin's, Kilnamanagh | 2008 | Constituted from Kilnamanagh and Castleview Kilnamanagh-Castleview |
Tallaght (St Aengus) | St Aengus, Tallaght | 1985 | Constituted from Tallaght (St Mary's) Tallaght (St Aengus) | |
Tallaght (St Dominic's) | St Dominic's, Tallaght | 1985 | Constituted from Tallaght (St Mary's) Tallaght (St Dominic's) | |
Tallaght (St Mary's) | St Mary's, Tallaght | 1972 | Tallaght (St Mary's) | |
3 | Bohernabreena | St Anne's, Bohernabreena Holy Rosary, Oldcourt (chapel of ease) | 1868 2009 | Bohernabreena |
Firhouse | Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Firhouse | 1975 | Firhouse | |
Tallaght (St Martin de Porres) | St Martin de Porres, Old Bawn | 1985 | Tallaght (St Martin's) |
The Blanchardstown deanery is located entirely within the civil county of Fingal.
The vicar forane is Fr. Damian McNeice.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Mountview [lower-alpha 1] | St Philip the Apostle, Mountview | 2018 | Constituted from Mountview and Blakestown [4] Mountview |
Hartstown | St Ciarán's, Hartstown | 1979 | Constituted from Blanchardstown Hartstown | |
Huntstown | Sacred Heart of Jesus, Huntstown Mary, Mother of Hope, Littlepace (chapel of ease) | 1981 2002 | Constituted from Blakestown Huntstown | |
2 | Blanchardstown | St Brigid's, Blanchardstown | 1837 | Mother church of the deanery [5] Blanchardstown |
Corduff | St Patrick's, Corduff | 1976 | Constituted from Blanchardstown Corduff | |
Mulhuddart | St Luke the Evangelist, Mulhuddart | 1993 | Constituted from Blanchardstown Mulhuddart | |
3 | Castleknock | Our Lady, Mother of the Church, Castleknock | 1976 | Constituted from Blanchardstown Castleknock |
Laurel Lodge | St Thomas the Apostle, Laurel Lodge | 1982 | Constituted from Castleknock Laurel Lodge | |
Porterstown-Clonsilla | St Mochta's, Porterstown | 1986 | Constituted from Castleknock Porterstown-Clonsilla |
The Fingal North deanery is located entirely within the civil county of Fingal.
The vicar forane is Canon John McNamara.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Brackenstown | St Cronan's, Brackenstown | 1974 | Constituted from Swords Brackenstown |
Donabate | St Patrick's, Donabate The Immaculate Conception, Balheary (chapel of ease) St. Ita's Hospital Chapel, Portrane (chapel of ease) | Constituted from Donabate, Balheary and Portrane Donabate | ||
River Valley | St Finian's, River Valley | 1982 | Constituted from Swords River Valley | |
Swords | St Colmcille's, Swords Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Dublin Airport (chapel of ease) Church of the Visitation, Drynam (chapel of ease) | 1608 | Swords | |
2 | Lusk | St MacCullin's, Lusk | 1669 | Lusk |
Rush | St Maur's, Rush | 1730 | Constituted from Lusk Rush | |
Skerries | St Patrick's, Skerries | 1730 | Constituted from Lusk Skerries | |
3 | Balbriggan | Ss Peter and Paul, Balbriggan Church of the Assumption, Balscadden | 1842 1819 | Balbriggan |
Garristown | Church of the Assumption, Garristown St Joseph's, Ballymadun (chapel of ease) | Garristown | ||
Naul | St Canice's, Damastown Nativity of Our Lady, Naul (chapel of ease) Assumption of Our Lady, Ballyboughal (chapel of ease) | 1630 | Naul | |
Rolestown | St Brigid's, Rolestown | 1974 | Constituted from Garristown Rolestown |
The Maynooth deanery is located in the civil county of South Dublin and the traditional county of Kildare.
The vicar forane is Fr. Kieran Coghlan.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Celbridge | St Patrick’s, Celbridge St Brigid’s, Straffan (chapel of ease) | 1859 | Constituted from Maynooth Celbridge |
Confey | St Charles Borromeo, Confey | 1984 | Constituted from Leixlip Confey | |
Leixlip | Our Lady's Nativity, Leixlip | 1833 | Constituted from Maynooth Leixlip | |
Maynooth | St Mary's, Maynooth Lady Chapel, Donaghstown (chapel of ease) | 1615 | Maynooth | |
2 | Esker/Doddsboro/Adamstown | St Patrick’s, Esker | 1978 | Constituted from Lucan Esker/Doddsboro/Adamstown |
Lucan | St Mary's, Lucan | 1953 | Constituted from Clondalkin Lucan | |
Lucan South | Divine Mercy, Lucan South | 1996 | Constituted from Lucan Lucan South | |
3 | Bawnogue | Church of the Transfiguration, Bawnogue | 1977 | Constituted from Clondalkin Bawnogue |
Clondalkin | Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Killian, Clondalkin Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, Clonburris (chapel of ease) Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, Knockmitten (chapel of ease) | 1615 | Clondalkin | |
Deansrath | St Ronan's, Deansrath | 1985 | Constituted from Bawnogue Deansrath | |
Sruleen | Sacred Heart, Sruleen | 1990 | Constituted from Clondalkin Sruleen | |
4 | Ballyfermot (Assumption) | Our Lady of the Assumption, Ballyfermot | 1953 | Constituted from Inchicore Ballyfermot (Assumption) |
Ballyfermot (St Matthew's) | St Matthew's, Ballyfermot | 1972 | Constituted from Ballyfermot (Assumption) Ballyfermot (St Matthew's) | |
Chapelizod | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chapelizod | 1955 | Constituted from Chapelizod and Clondalkin Chapelizod | |
Cherry Orchard | Most Holy Sacrament, Cherry Orchard | 1993 | Constituted from Ballyfermot (Assumption) Cherry Orchard | |
Neilstown | St Peter the Apostle, Neilstown | 1979 | Constituted from Clondalkin Neilstown | |
Palmerstown | St Philomena's, Palmerstown | 1972 | Constituted from Chapelizod Palmerstown | |
Rowlagh | Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rowlagh | 1979 | Constituted from Clondalkin Rowlagh |
The Fingal South East deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal.
The vicar forane is Fr. Michael O'Grady.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Clontarf (St Anthony's) | St Anthony's, Clontarf | 1966 | Constituted from Clontarf (St John's) Clontarf (St Anthony's) |
Clontarf (St John's) | St John the Baptist, Clontarf | 1942 | Clontarf (St John's) | |
Dollymount | St Gabriel's, Dollymount | 1966 | Constituted from Clontarf (St John's) Dollymount | |
Killester | St Brigid's, Killester | 1966 | Constituted from Killester-Raheny Killester | |
2 | Donnycarney | Our Lady of Consolation, Donnycarney | 1952 | Constituted from Marino Donnycarney |
Fairview | Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fairview | 1855 | Fairview | |
Marino | St Vincent de Paul, Marino | 1942 | Constituted from Fairview Marino | |
3 | Beaumont | Nativity of Our Lord, Beaumont | 1977 | Constituted from Donnycarney Beaumont |
Kilmore West | St Luke the Evangelist, Kilmore West | 1972 | Constituted from Ardlea Kilmore West | |
Larkhill, Whitehall and Santry | Church of the Holy Child, Whitehall Chapel of Blessed Margaret Ball, Santry (chapel of ease) | 1944 | Constituted from Glasnevin Larkhill, Whitehall and Santry | |
4 | Ardlea | St John Vianney, Ardlea | 1965 | Constituted from Coolock-Artane Ardlea |
Artane | Our Lady of Mercy, Artane | 1968 | Constituted from Coolock Artane | |
Coolock | St Brendan's, Coolock | 1969 | Coolock | |
5 | Bonnybrook | St Joseph the Artisan, Bonnybrook | 1970 | Constituted from Ardlea Road Bonnybrook |
Darndale | Our Lady Immaculate, Darndale | 1972 | Constituted from Coolock Darndale | |
Priorswood | St Francis of Assisi, Priorswood | 1974 | Constituted from Bonnybrook Priorswood | |
The Fingal South West deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal.
The vicar forane is Fr. Frank Reburn.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Ballymun | St Joseph's, Balcurris Virgin Mary, Ballymun Holy Spirit, Silloge | 2018 | Constituted from Balcurris, Ballymun and Silloge Ballymun |
2 | Ballygall | Our Mother of Divine Grace, Ballygall | 1964 | Constituted from Glasnevin Ballygall |
Ballymun Road | Our Lady of Victories, Glasnevin | 1969 | Constituted from Larkhill Ballymun Road | |
Drumcondra | Corpus Christi, Drumcondra | 1953 | Constituted from Glasnevin Drumcondra | |
Glasnevin | Our Lady of Dolours, Glasnevin | 1912 | Constituted from Fairview Glasnevin | |
Iona Road | St Columba's, Glasnevin St Alphonsus Monastery, Glasnevin (chapel of ease) Glasnevin Cemetery Chapel (chapel of ease) | 1902 | Constituted from Berkeley Road Iona Road | |
3 | Cabra | Christ the King, Cabra | 1941 | Constituted from Arran Quay Cabra |
Cabra West | Most Precious Blood, Cabra | 1946 | Constituted from Cabra and Aughrim Street Cabra West | |
Navan Road | Our Lady Help of Christians, Cabra | 1953 | Constituted from Chapelizod Navan Road | |
Phibsborough | St Peter's, Phibsborough | 1974 | Phibsborough | |
4 | Finglas | St Canice's, Finglas St Margaret's, St Margaret's (chapel of ease) | 1920 | Finglas |
Finglas West | Church of the Annunciation, Finglas | 1962 | Constituted from Finglas Finglas West | |
Rivermount | St Oliver Plunkett's, Rivermount St Finian's Oratory, Rivermount (chapel of ease) | 1974 | Rivermount | |
The Howth deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal.
The vicar forane is Fr. Martin Noone.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Ayrfield | St Paul's, Ayrfield | 1974 | Constituted from Raheny Ayrfield |
Donaghmede | Holy Trinity, Donaghmede | 1974 | Constituted from Grange Park Donaghmede | |
Edenmore | St Monica's, Edenmore | 1966 | Constituted from Coolock and Raheny Edenmore | |
Grange Park | St Benedict's, Grange Park | 1971 | Constituted from Raheny Grange Park | |
Raheny | Our Lady Mother of Divine Grace, Raheny | 1966 | Constituted from Killester-Raheny Raheny | |
2 | Baldoyle | Ss Peter and Paul, Baldoyle St Laurence O'Toole, Baldoyle (chapel of ease) | 1907 | Constituted from Howth, Sutton and Baldoyle Baldoyle |
Bayside | Church of the Resurrection, Bayside | 1971 | Constituted from Baldoyle Bayside | |
Howth | Church of the Assumption, Howth | 7th century | Howth | |
Kilbarrack-Foxfield | St John the Evangelist, Kilbarrack | 1971 | Constituted from Bayside Kilbarrack-Foxfield | |
Sutton | St Fintan's, Sutton | 1969 | Constituted from Howth Sutton | |
3 | Kinsealy | St Nicholas of Myra, Kinsealy | 1972 | Constituted from Baldoyle Kinsealy |
Malahide | St Sylvester's, Malahide | 1941 | Constituted from Swords Malahide | |
Portmarnock | St Anne's, Portmarnock | 1972 | Constituted from Baldoyle Portmarnock | |
Yellow Walls | Sacred Heart, Seabury | 1996 | Constituted from Malahide Yellow Walls |
The Bray deanery is located within the civil county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and the traditional county of Wicklow.
The vicar forane is Fr. Aquinas Duffy.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Sandyford | St Mary's, Sandyford Our Lady of the Wayside, Kilternan (chapel of ease) St Patrick's, Glencullen (chapel of ease) | 1829 | Constituted from Cabinteely Sandyford |
2 | Bray (Holy Redeemer) | Most Holy Redeemer, Bray | 18th century | Holy Redeemer Church, Bray [6] |
Bray (Our Lady Queen of Peace) | Our Lady Queen of Peace, Bray | 1954 | Queen of Peace church, at the corner of Putland Road and Vevay Road, was built in 1946 on land donated by the Presentation Brothers of nearby Presentation College, Bray. [7] [8] Originally part of Bray (Holy Redeemer) parish, it was constituted as its own parish in 1954. [9] | |
Bray (St Fergal's) | St Fergal's, Ballywaltrim | 1976 | Constituted from Bray (Our Lady Queen of Peace) Bray (St Fergal's) | |
Bray (St Peter's) | St Peter's, Little Bray | 1975 | Bray (St Peter's) | |
Enniskerry | St Mary's, Enniskerry St Mochonog's, Kilmacanogue (chapel of ease) | 1985 | Constituted from Enniskerry and Kilmacanogue Enniskerry | |
3 | Ballybrack-Killiney | Ss Alphonsus and Columba, Ballybrack St Stephen's, Killiney (chapel of ease) Church of the Apostles, Ballybrack (chapel of ease) | 1863 | Constituted from Dalkey Ballybrack |
Cabinteely [lower-alpha 2] | St Brigid's, Cabinteely St Brigid's Mass Centre, Cabinteely (chapel of ease) | 1971 | Constituted from Cabinteely-Foxrock Cabinteely | |
Johnstown-Killiney | Our Lady of Good Counsel, Johnstown | 1974 | Constituted from Cabinteely Johnstown-Killiney | |
Loughlinstown | St Columbanus, Loughlinstown | 1982 | Constituted from Ballybrack-Killiney Loughlinstown | |
Sallynoggin | Our Lady of Victories, Sallynoggin | 1966 | Constituted from Glasthule Sallynoggin | |
Shankill | St Anne's, Shankill | 1971 | Constituted from Ballybrack-Killiney Shankill | |
4 | Dalkey | Church of the Assumption, Dalkey | 1927 | Constituted from Glasthule Dalkey |
Dún Laoghaire | St Michael's, Dún Laoghaire | 1829 | Constituted from Loughlinstown Dún Laoghaire | |
Glasthule | St Joseph's, Glasthule | 1927 | Constituted from Dalkey Glasthule | |
5 | Greystones | Holy Rosary, Greystones St Kilian's, Blacklion (chapel of ease) | Constituted from Bray Greystones | |
Kilquade | St Joseph's, Newtownmountkennedy St Patrick's, Kilquade St Anthony of Padua, Kilcoole (chapel of ease) Holy Spirit Oratory, Newcastle (chapel of ease) | 1400 | Constituted from Newcastle Kilquade |
The Donnybrook deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
The vicar forane is Fr. Fergus O’Connor.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Balally | Ascension of Our Lord, Balally | 1977 | Constituted from Sandyford Balally |
Ballinteer | St John the Evangelist, Ballinteer | 1974 | Constituted from Dundrum Ballinteer | |
Dundrum | Holy Cross, Dundrum | 1878 | Constituted from Booterstown Dundrum | |
Meadowbrook | St Attracta's Oratory, Ballinteer | 1983 | Constituted from Ballinteer Meadowbrook | |
2 | Haddington Road | St Mary's, Haddington Road | 1876 | Constituted from Donnybrook, Irishtown, Ringsend and Sandymount Haddington Road |
Ringsend | St Patrick's, Ringsend | 1905 | Constituted from Irishtown, Ringsend and Sandymount Ringsend | |
Sandymount | Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Sandymount | 1851 | Sandymount | |
3 | Booterstown | Church of the Assumption, Booterstown | Constituted prior to 1616 Booterstown | |
Donnybrook | Sacred Heart, Donnybrook | 1876 | Constituted from Donnybrook, Irishtown, Ringsend and Sandymount Donnybrook | |
Merrion Road | Our Lady Queen of Peace, Merrion | 1964 | Constituted from Booterstown Merrion Road | |
Milltown | Assumption and Ss Columbanus and Gall, Milltown | 1974 | Constituted from Rathgar Milltown | |
4 | Clonskeagh | Immaculate Virgin Mary of the Miraculous Medal, Clonskeagh | 1965 | Constituted from Donnybrook Clonskeagh |
Kilmacud | St Laurence O'Toole, Kilmacud | 1964 | Constituted from Kilmacud and Mount Merrion Kilmacud | |
Mount Merrion | St Thérèse, Mount Merrion | 1964 | Constituted from Kilmacud and Mount Merrion Mount Merrion | |
5 | Blackrock | St John the Baptist, Blackrock | 1922 | Constituted from Booterstown Blackrock |
Foxrock | Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Foxrock | 1971 | Constituted from Cabinteely-Foxrock Foxrock | |
Kill-o'-the-Grange | Holy Family, Kill-o'-the-Grange | 1972 | Constituted from Monkstown Kill-o'-the-Grange | |
Monkstown | St Patrick's, Monkstown | 1902 | Constituted from Dún Laoghaire Monkstown | |
Newtownpark | Guardian Angels, Newtownpark | 1968 | Constituted from Blackrock Newtownpark |
The Wicklow deanery is located within the traditional counties of Wexford and Wicklow.
The vicar forane is Fr. Derek Doyle.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Ashford | Most Holy Rosary, Ashford St Joseph's, Glenealy (chapel of ease) | 1864 | Constituted from Wicklow |
Kilbride and Barndarrig | St Mary's, Barndarrig St Brigid's, Kilbride (chapel of ease) | Kilbride and Barndarrig | ||
Wicklow | St Patrick's, Wicklow St Joseph's, Rathnew (chapel of ease) | 6th century | Wicklow | |
2 | Glendalough | St Kevin's, Laragh | 6th century | Glendalough |
Rathdrum | Ss Mary and Michael, Rathdrum St Columba's, Greenane (chapel of ease) Ss Patrick and Kilian, Clara Vale (chapel of ease) | Constituted pre-Reformation Rathdrum | ||
Roundwood | St Laurence O'Toole, Roundwood Sacred Heart, Moneystown (chapel of ease) | 1974 | Roundwood | |
3 | Arklow | Ss Mary and Peter, Arklow St David's, Johnstown (chapel of ease) | 650 | Arklow |
Aughrim | The Most Sacred Heart, Aughrim | 1890 | Constituted from Arklow Aughrim | |
Avoca | Ss Mary and Patrick, Avoca St Kevin's, Ballycoog (chapel of ease) St Patrick's, Barranisky (chapel of ease) St Joseph's, Templerainey (chapel of ease) | Constituted prior to 1777 Avoca | ||
Castletown | St Patrick's, Castletown | 1974 | Constituted from Arklow Castletown. Partly to the south of Arklow in County Wicklow but mainly to the north of Gorey in County Wexford. |
The Cullenswood deanery is located entirely within the city of Dublin.
The vicar forane is Fr. Paul Taylor.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Clogher Road | St Bernadette's, Crumlin | 1947 | Constituted from Dolphin's Barn Clogher Road |
Crumlin | St Agnes, Crumlin | 1941 | Constituted from Terenure Crumlin | |
Mourne Road | Our Lady of Good Counsel, Drimnagh | 1942 | Constituted from Dolphin's Barn and Terenure Mourne Road | |
Walkinstown | Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Walkinstown | 1964 | Constituted from Crumlin Walkinstown | |
2 | Beechwood Avenue | Church of the Holy Name, Ranelagh | 1906 | Constituted from Rathgar Beechwood Avenue |
Harold's Cross | Our Lady of the Rosary, Harold's Cross | 1935 | Constituted from Rathgar, Rathmines and Terenure Harold's Cross | |
Mount Argus | St Paul of the Cross, Harold's Cross | 1974 | Mount Argus | |
Rathgar | Church of the Three Patrons, Rathgar | 1882 | Constituted from Rathmines Rathgar | |
Rathmines | Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners, Rathmines | 1835 | Rathmines | |
3 | Bluebell | Our Lady of the Wayside, Bluebell | 1967 | Constituted from Inchicore Bluebell |
Inchicore (Mary Immaculate) | May Immaculate, Inchicore | 1972 | Constituted from Inchicore Inchicore (Mary Immaculate) | |
Inchicore (St Michael's) | St Michael's, Inchicore | 1933 | Constituted from St James' Inchicore (St Michael's) |
The North City Centre deanery is located entirely within the city of Dublin.
The vicar forane is Fr. Kieran McDermott.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | East Wall | St Joseph's, East Wall | 1941 | Constituted from North Wall East Wall |
North Wall | St Laurence O'Toole, North Wall | 1853 | North Wall | |
North William Street | St Agatha's, North William Street | 1865 | Constituted from Pro-Cathedral North William Street | |
2 | Berkeley Road | St Joseph's, Berkeley Road | 1890 | Constituted from Halston Street Berkeley Road |
Gardiner Street | St Francis Xavier, Gardiner Street | 1974 | Gardiner Street | |
Pro-Cathedral | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough Street | 1825 | Constituted from Liffey Street Pro-Cathedral | |
Seán McDermott Street | Our Lady of Lourdes, Seán McDermott Street | 1970 | Constituted from Pro-Cathedral Seán McDermott Street | |
3 | Aughrim Street | Holy Family, Aughrim Street | Aughrim Street | |
Dominick Street | St Saviour's, Dominick Street | 1974 | Dominick Street | |
Halston Street | St Michan's, Halston Street St Mary of the Angels, Church Street | Halston Street |
The South City Centre deanery is located entirely within the city of Dublin.
The vicar forane is Fr. Seán Ford.
Parish Partnership | Parish | Churches and chapels of ease | Constituted | Other details |
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1 | Francis Street | St Nicholas of Myra, Francis Street | 1829 | Francis Street |
James' Street | St James', James' Street | 1724 | Constituted from Meath Street James' Street | |
Meath Street | St Catherine of Alexandria, Meath Street | 13th century | Meath Street | |
2 | City Quay | Immaculate Heart of Mary, City Quay | 1908 | Constituted from Westland Row City Quay |
Harrington Street | St Kevin's, Harrington Street | 1865 | Constituted from Francis Street Harrington Street | |
University Church | Newman University Church, St Stephen's Green | 1974 | Constituted from Harrington Street University Church | |
Westland Row | St Andrew's, Westland Row | c. 1750 | Constituted from St Andrew, St Mark, St Peter and St Anne Westland Row | |
Whitefriar Street | Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Aungier Street | 1974 | Whitefriar Street | |
3 | Dolphin's Barn | Our Lady of Dolours, Dolphin's Barn | 1902 | Constituted from James' Street Dolphin's Barn |
Donore Avenue | St Theresa of the Child Jesus, Donore Avenue | 1946 | Constituted from Meath Street Donore Avenue | |
Rialto | Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima, Rialto | 1968 | Constituted from Dolphin's Barn Rialto |
There is also a diocese-wide parish of the Travelling People, which was established by Archbishop Dermot Ryan in 1980 in response to the unique pastoral needs of the Traveller community in the archdiocese. The parish is under the pastoral care of Fr. Paul O'Driscoll. [10] [11]
County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the east and the counties of Wexford to the south, Carlow to the southwest, Kildare to the west, and South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown to the north.
A vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior. Linguistically, vicar is cognate with the English prefix "vice", similarly meaning "deputy". It also refers to a senior priest in the Church of England. The title appears in a number of Christian ecclesiastical contexts, but also as an administrative title, or title modifier, in the Roman Empire. In addition, in the Holy Roman Empire, a local representative of the emperor, such as an archduke, could be styled "vicar".
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished in 1994. It is named after the former borough of Dún Laoghaire and the barony of Rathdown. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 233,860 at the time of the 2022 census.
Fingal is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. Its name is derived from the medieval territory of Scandinavian foreigners that settled in the area. Fingal County Council is the local authority for the county. In 2022 the population of the county was 330,506, making it the second most populated council in Dublin and the third most populous county in the state.
Blanchardstown is a large outer suburb of Dublin in the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. Located ten kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Dublin city centre, it has developed since the 1960s from a small village to a point where Greater Blanchardstown is the largest urban area in Fingal.
Mulhuddart is an outer suburb situated 12 km north-west of Dublin, Ireland. The River Tolka passes near the village.
The Greater Dublin Area, or simply Greater Dublin, is an informal term that is taken to include the city of Dublin and its hinterland, with varying definitions as to its extent. At the expansive end, it has been defined as including all of the traditional County Dublin and three neighbouring counties, while more commonly it is taken as the contiguous metropolitan area of Dublin plus suburban and commuter towns. The area is defined for strategic planning, and, for example, transport, and it is not a formal administrative or political unit.
Clonsilla is an outer suburb of Dublin in Fingal, Ireland.
Corduff is a northwestern suburb of Dublin, in Fingal, Ireland, 10 km from Dublin city centre. It is a part of the wider Blanchardstown area and is in the Dublin 15 postal district.
The Archdiocese of Dublin is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the eastern part of Ireland. Its archepiscopal see includes the republic's capital city – Dublin. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is St Mary's Pro-Cathedral. Dublin was formally recognised as a metropolitan province in 1152 by the Synod of Kells. Its second archbishop, Lorcán Ua Tuathail, is also its patron saint.
James Moriarty was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin between 2002 and 2010.
The United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the east of Ireland. It is headed by the Archbishop of Dublin, who is also styled the Primate of Ireland. The diocesan cathedral is Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
The R117 road is a regional road in Ireland. The route (north-south) starts Harcourt Road at the end of the South Circular Road on the southside of Dublin city centre. It crosses the Grand Canal and goes through the suburbs of Ranelagh, Milltown, Windy Arbour, Dundrum, Sandyford, Stepaside and Kilternan before passing through the Scalp into County Wicklow.
The Parish of Raheny is the modern successor in the Roman Catholic Church to an early (1152) parish, in Raheny, a district of Dublin, Ireland, reputed to be a site of Christian settlement back to at least 570 A.D. Today's parish, within the Howth Deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, comprises Raheny village and the central portion of the district, parts of which are also served by the parishes of Killester, Grange Park and Kilbarrack-Foxfield. The parish has a membership of around 10,000 Catholics. Similarly centred, and covering a greater land area but a much smaller membership, is the Church of Ireland parish of the same name.
Huntstown and Littlepace is a set of modern housing developments that forms a remote suburb of Dublin city in the county of Fingal in Ireland. It was built in the townlands of Littlepace (westerly) and Huntstown (easterly) which are the southernmost townlands of the civil parish of Mulhuddart. The district is also a parish in the Blanchardstown deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. The nearest villages in the county are Ongar, Mulhuddart and Clonsilla along with Clonee in County Meath.
Rathdown is the south-easternmost barony in County Dublin, Ireland. It gives its name to the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. Before County Wicklow was shired in 1606, Rathdown extended further south: it was named after a medieval settlement which grew up around Rathdown Castle, at a site subsequently deserted and now in County Wicklow in the townland of Rathdown Upper, north of Greystones. The Wicklow barony of Rathdown corresponds to the portion transferred to the new county; although both divisions were originally classed as "half baronies", in the nineteenth century the distinction between a barony and a half barony was obsolete.
St Thomas, the Apostle parish is an ecclesiastical parish in the Blanchardstown deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. It is served by the church of "St Thomas, the Apostle". The parish is centered on "Laurel Lodge" district and the townland of Carpenterstown in the civil parish of Castleknock, Fingal in Ireland. On 6 June 2018, the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, concelebrated mass in the parish church on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the laying of the building's foundation stone.
Castleknock is a civil parish and a townland located in the south-western corner of the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. The civil parish is part of the ancient barony of Castleknock. It is centred on the suburban village of Castleknock. The townland of Castleknock itself is the location of the eponymous "Cnucha's Castle" – Castleknock Castle. The town with the biggest population in the parish is Blanchardstown. In geology, the parish rests on a substratum of limestone and comprises 2943 statute acres, the whole of which is arable land.
Clonsilla or "Clonsillagh" is a civil parish and a townland located in the south-western corner of the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. The civil parish is part of the ancient barony of Castleknock. It is centred on the suburban village of Clonsilla. In geology, the parish rests on a substratum of limestone and comprises 2943 statute acres, the whole of which is arable land. It is roughly bounded to the north by the old "Navan Road" – the modern N3; to the east by the civil parish of Castleknock; to the south by the River Liffey; to the south-east by the civil parish of Leixlip, chiefly in County Kildare, and to the north-west by the civil parish of Dunboyne in County Meath.
Donal Roche is an Irish Roman Catholic priest who was appointed auxiliary bishop-elect of Dublin and titular bishop of Cell Ausaille on 5 March 2024.
In January [2018], the Parish Church of Blakestown, St. Mary of the Servants, closed following the identification of serious issues with the Church building. The closely located parishes of Hartstown, Huntstown and Mountview are continuing to work more closely together in their parish grouping.