Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners Church

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Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners
Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners, Rathmines
Church of Mary Immaculate Dublin.jpg
Coordinates: 53°19′40″N 6°15′50″W / 53.32789°N 6.26379°W / 53.32789; -6.26379
LocationRathmines
County Dublin
CountryIreland
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websiterathminesparish.ie/
History
DedicationMary Immaculate
Architecture
Architect(s)Patrick Byrne
William Henry Byrne[1]
Administration
ParishRathmines
DeaneryCullenswood
ArchdioceseDublin

Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners is a Roman Catholic church in Rathmines, Dublin.[1] The church was originally designed by Patrick Byrne and later extended by William Henry Byrne who added a portico and pediment.[1]

The church was destroyed in January 1920 by a fire but was rebuilt and reopened by 1922.[1]

Two characters in Sally Rooney's 2021 novel Beautiful World, Where Are You attend Mass in the church.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "1854 – Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners Church, Rathmines, Dublin". archiseek. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  2. ^ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-tender-irish-elegy-sally-rooneys-beautiful-world-where-are-you/

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