1838 – St. John The Baptist Church, Clontarf, Dublin
Original church designed by Patrick Byrne in a Perpendicular Gothic, opened in 1838.
Original church designed by Patrick Byrne in a Perpendicular Gothic, opened in 1838.
Built in two phases, this church was started by Pugin &
Designed by William Caldbeck in 1869 and constructed on a site donated by the local landowners,
Originally a much smaller church on this site was enlarged during the early 1830s.
St. Peter’s Church was founded in 1833 but was enlarged and redecorated mny time over the years.
The chancel and transepts were erected, together with a great central tower by George Goldie in the early 1860s.
Sadly uncompleted, the tower being capped at the second stage, below the apex of the roof of the nave.
Selected after an architectural competition to replace an earlier church of 1841.
A Dublin landmark – opposite the General Post Office on O’Connell Street, Clery’s has for generations being a Dublin and indeed Irish tradition –
New church constructed on site of church of 1749. The Altar rails (1931) and Lady Altar (1931) were supplied by Giorgio Favilla.