Mary Immaculate, Refuge Of Sinners Church
Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners is a Roman Catholic church in Rathmines, Dublin built in 1854 in the "Greek style". The church was originally designed by Patrick Byrne and later extended by William Henry Byrne who added a portico and pediment.
The interior of the church, roof and dome were destroyed by a fire on 26 January 1920, but were rebuilt and reopened by 1922. The dome was made even higher in the rebuilding effort.
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Trivia
It is mentioned as "Rathmines' blue dome" in Ulysses.
Two characters in Sally Rooney's 2021 novel Beautiful World, Where Are You attend Mass in the church.
References
- ^ Ní Úrdail, Meidhbhín (30 November 2020). "Béarrach fir ag caint ar imeall na litríochta". COMHARTaighde (6). doi:10.18669/ct.2020.06 – via comhartaighde.ie.
- ^ "1854 – Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners Church, Rathmines, Dublin". archiseek. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Grimes 2015, p. 16.
- ^ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Ulysses, by James Joyce". www.gutenberg.org.
- ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". 7 October 2021.
Sources
- Grimes, Brendan (1 March 2015). "Patrons and architects and the creation of Roman Catholic church architecture in nineteenth-century Dublin". Dublin Historical Record. 68 (1). Dublin: Old Dublin Society: 6–20. JSTOR 24616063.