Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners Church

Church in RathminesCounty Dublin, Ireland

Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners

Séipéal Mhuire gan Smál, Tearmann na bPeacach, Ráth Maonais[1]

Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners

53°19′40″N 6°15′50″W﻿ / ﻿53.32789°N 6.26379°W﻿ / 53.32789; -6.26379
Location| Rathmines
County Dublin
Country| Ireland
Language(s)| English
Denomination| Roman Catholic
Tradition| Roman Rite
Website| rathminesparish.ie6
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]

The church was destroyed in January 1920 by a fire but was rebuilt and reopened by 1922.[2]

## Trivia[edit]

View of the church and dome

It is mentioned as "Rathmines' blue dome" in Ulysses.[3]

Two characters in Sally Rooney's 2021 novel Beautiful World, Where Are You attend Mass in the church.[4]

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* rathminesparish.ie