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Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners Church

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Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners
Séipéal Mhuire gan Smál, Tearmann na bPeacach, Ráth Maonais[1]
The front in 2016
The front in 2016
53°19′40″N 6°15′50″W / 53.32789°N 6.26379°W
Location Rathmines
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Language English
Denomination Roman Catholic
Tradition Roman Rite
Website https://www.rathminesparish.ie/
History
Dedication Mary, mother of Jesus (Refugium Peccatorum)
Architecture
Architect Patrick Byrne
William Henry Byrne[2]
Architectural type Greek Revival
Administration
Archdiocese Dublin
Deanery Cullenswood
Parish Rathmines

Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners Church — cal 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 interior of the church, roof and dome were destroyed by a fire on 26 January 1920,[3] but were rebuilt and reopened by 1922.[2] The dome was made even higher in the rebuilding effort.[3]

Trivia

It is mentioned as "Rathmines' blue dome" in Ulysses.[4]

Two characters in Sally Rooney's 2021 novel Beautiful World, Where Are You attend Mass in the church.[5]

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