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St Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin

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The organ of St. Andrew's was built by John White of Dublin in 1872. It is a large three-manual instrument which originally contained many ranks of orchestral Cavaille-Coll pipework. However, during the 1976 rebuild a large number of these were lost in favour of more
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On 7 January 1940 ornamentation fell from the ceiling, which prompted an investigation and refurbishment. This started in 1942 when the interior was renovated and painted. All sculptures were restored at the same time.
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The architect appointed to design the church was John Bolger. However, he used the plans for a previous church, in Townsend Street, which had been designed by James Leeson. Assistance was received from
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and James Lever. The roof was by Richard Turner. The exterior of the church has a Doric portico with a statue of St. Andrew, sculpted by
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Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park
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The organist of St. Andrew's since October 2011 is Aleksandre Nisse.
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John Bolger, based on plans by James Leeson, with input from
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53°20′35.2″N 6°14′56.4″W / 53.343111°N 6.249000°W / 53.343111; -6.249000
Westland Row
Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Denomination
Roman Catholic Church
https://www.standrews.ie/
Dedication
St. Andrew
Consecrated
Architect(s)
Francis Johnston
Style
Diocese
Dublin
Deanery
Parish
Organist(s)
Roman Catholic
Westland Row
Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Francis Johnston
John Smyth
Edward Smyth
Dominic Corrigan
neo-classical
View towards sanctuary
View towards rear

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