Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners Church

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Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners
Séipéal Mhuire gan Smál, Tearmann na bPeacach, Ráth Maonais [1]
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The front in 2016
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Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners
53°19′40″N6°15′50″W / 53.32789°N 6.26379°W / 53.32789; -6.26379
Location Rathmines
County Dublin
CountryIreland
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]

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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]

Trivia

View of the church and dome The neoclassical Church of Mary Immaculate with Georgian townhouses.jpg
View of the church and dome

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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "1854 – Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners Church, Rathmines, Dublin". archiseek. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 Grimes 2015, p. 16.
  4. "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Ulysses, by James Joyce". www.gutenberg.org.
  5. "Los Angeles Review of Books". 7 October 2021.

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