St Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin

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St Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin
53°20′35.2″N6°14′56.4″W / 53.343111°N 6.249000°W / 53.343111; -6.249000
Location Westland Row
Dublin
Country Ireland
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Website https://www.standrews.ie/parish
History
Dedication St. Andrew
Consecrated 2 January 1834
Architecture
Architect(s) John Bolger, based on plans by James Leeson, with input from Francis Johnston and James Lever. Roof by Richard Turner.
Architectural typeClassical (Baroque)
Style Church
Administration
Diocese Dublin
Deanery South City Centre
Parish Westland Row Parish

St. Andrew's Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland. Construction started in 1832, it opened for public worship in 1834 but was not completed until 1837. [1]

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History

The architect appointed to design the church was John Bolger. However, he used the plans for a previous church, in Townsend Street, which had been designed by James Leeson. [2] Assistance was received from Francis Johnston and James Lever. The roof was by Richard Turner. The exterior of the church has a Doric portico with a statue of St. Andrew, sculpted by John Smyth (1776–1840), son of Edward Smyth (d.1812), sculptor of the Riverine heads at the Custom House. [1]

On 7 January 1940 ornamentation fell from the ceiling, which prompted an investigation and refurbishment. This started in 1942 when the interior was renovated and painted. All sculptures were restored at the same time. [3]

Dominic Corrigan (1802–1880), a noted physician, is buried in the crypt of the church.[ citation needed ]

Organ

The organ of St. Andrew's was built by John White of Dublin in 1870–1 at a cost of £1,000. It is a large three-manual instrument, notable for containing ten ranks of pipework from the workshop of the renowned French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The original pneumatic-assisted mechanical action was removed during a rebuild in the 1950s and replaced with an electro-pneumatic system. [4]

Specification

I. Choir
Gedeckt8′
Viol de Gamba8′
Flute4′
Piccolo2′
Larigot1 1/3′
Clarinet8′
Swell to Choir
II. Great
Double Open Diapason16′
Open Diapason8′
Stopped Diapason8′
Harmonic Flute8′
Principal4′
Harmonic Flute4′
Twelfth2 2/3′
Fifteenth2′
Tierce1 3/5′
MixtureIV
CimbelII
Trumpet8′
Clarion4′
Swell to Great
Swell Octave to Great
Choir to Great
III. Swell
Open Diapason8′
Flute8′
Salicional8′
Voix Celestes8′
Principal4′
MixtureIII
Oboe8′
Vox Humana8′
Trumpet8′
Clarion4′
Tremulant
Swell Sub Octave
Swell Octave
Pedal
Open Diapason16′
Bourdon16′
Octave8′
Choral Bass4′
Fagot16′
Fagot8′
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Choir to Pedal

Organists

References and sources

Notes
  1. 1 2 Watson, p. 23
  2. ↑ Casey, p. 9
  3. ↑ Watson, p. 31
  4. ↑ McKeever, Alexis Paul (2012). Aspects of organ-building in Ireland in the nineteenth century, referencing White, Telford, and post-emancipation choral practice (PhD thesis). University of Limerick.
  5. ↑ Ferris, Catherine (2011). The Use of Newspapers as a Source for Musicological Research: A Case Study of Dublin Musical Life 1840–44 (PhD thesis). National University of Ireland Maynooth.
  6. 1 2 Deacy, Mary Regina (2005). Continental Organists and Catholic Church Music in Ireland, 1860-1960 (Masters thesis). National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
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