St. Mary's Church, Dublin
- St. Mary's Church, Dublin
St. Mary's Church, Dublin is a former Church of Ireland building that dates from 1627. The architect was Sir William Robinson, and it is notable as the first Dublin church to be built with galleries.[ [http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/northcity/mary_street/stmary.htm Information on the church from Irish-Architecture.com (with pictures)] ] ]Theobald Wolfe Tone was baptised in the church in 1763 and Sean O'Casey the playwright was baptised there in 1880. Arthur Guinness married here in 1761. [ [http://www.thechurch.ie/content/view/8/13/ TheChurch.ie - History of the church] ]
The church, located in Mary Street, closed in 1986
The adjoining churchyard was converted into a public park, Wolfe Tone Park, where the gravestones can be seen stacked up at the southern end. [ [http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/dublin/stmary's06.html Notes regarding St. Mary's Churchyard (with pictures)] ]
Bibliography
* "The Writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone 1763-98:" Volume One "Tone's Career in Ireland to June 1795" Volume Two "America, France and Bantry Bay - August 1795 to December 1796" and Volume Three "France, the Rhine, Lough Swilly and Death of Tone - January 1797 to November 1798. [ Detail taken from copies of "Writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone" edited by T W Moody, R B MacDowel and C J Woods published by Clarendon Press (USA) with a copyright date of 1998 and an ISBN 0 19 822383 8 ]
Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.thechurch.ie/ Homepage of The Church Café, Bar and Restaurant]
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