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Stephen St. (location of the original St. Stephen's church). The parish corresponded to the civil parish of St. Bridget. In 1766, the government ordered a religious census to be carried out by the Protestant clergy, which showed the parish had
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during the 18th century meant that by the 19th century the parish was one of the poorest in the city, containing many tenements which were unhygienic slums. In 1813 the parish population was 4,367 males and 5,272 females, of whom only a small minority were members of the
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Welland and Gillespie under the directions of the Ecclesiastical commissioners' architects. These works included new windows, sashed, pulpit, reader's desk, tiles floors, alterations to the belfry and a new bell.
383:(1729–1818, after whom Pleasants Street was named) and his wife Mildred Daunt (died 1814) were buried in the churchyard. Among his donations were over £12,000 in 1814 for the erection of a large stove-house near Cork Street for poor weavers in the
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This parish (which was also known as St. Bridget's) consisted of a union of three smaller parishes: the ancient St. Bride's, St. Stephen's (which dated from the 13th century), and St. Michael de la Pole (also an Irish pre-Norse settlement).
473:(1623–1687) while in Dublin was a pew-holder, vault-owner and prominent member of the parish. He lived firstly in Exchequer St., then on the north side of St. Stephen's Green, where the Shelbourne Hotel now stands.
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Carroll (1821–1885), historian and writer. He was an uncle of
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Map (reprinted 1896) showing the layout of Dublin in 1610. St. Bride's church is no. 64, located in St. Bride's St. (no. 65)
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the parish initially did have some wealthy parishioners. However, a number of economic slumps affecting workers in the
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community in Dublin in its early days, was married to his wife Isabella by
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was christened in St. Bride's parish Church on 12 March 1672.
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855:Report (29 May 1863), "St. Bride's Parish",
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592:William George Carroll and William Reeves:
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482:Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer
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306:, rector of St. Bride's, born in
213:Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough
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699:Carroll, William George (1875).
227:church located at the corner of
891:The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921
726:History of the County of Dublin
613:A History of the City of Dublin
976:In the Shadow of St. Patrick's
705:. Dublin: Robertson & Co.
502:in this church in April 1775.
363:Master of the Rolls in Ireland
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327:Deconsecration and demolition
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549:Attorney General for Ireland
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361:(1690–1763), politician and
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399:The parish
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