Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners | |
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Séipéal Mhuire gan Smál, Tearmann na bPeacach, Ráth Maonais [1] | |
53°19′40″N6°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 |
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]
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]
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