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St. George's Church, Dublin

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The church in Temple Street then became the Temple Theatre, then a night-club, but further attempts were made to raise public funds for its restoration; first, in 1991, to celebrate Dublin's role as European City of Culture, and later from the Millennium Committee.
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An early Rector of St George's parish was Revd William Bushe, who, in 1823, invited Roman Catholics who were resident in the parish to discuss matters of faith. The church was filled for his series of evangelical Wednesday evening lectures which discussed the
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opened in Cathal Brugha Street in 1931, in 1966 St. Georges merged with the parish of St. Thomas's. In 1990 St. George's closed, and it became the parish church of St. George and St. Thomas. Since 2016, and the closure of St. Thomas Cathal Brugha St.,
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Percy Edwin Ludgate 1883–1922, notable as the second person to publish (in 1909) a design for an Analytical Engine, after Babbage, and who hence some consider a genuine Irish computer hero, attended St. George's Church.
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The St. George's Widows home was connected to the Church as was the St. Georges Dispensary on Dispensary Lane, off Lower Dorset Street, with the priests of the parish and laypeople as trustees of the Dispensary.
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Twenty-two years after the church was built, problems developed when the wide roof began to splay further than it should, due to the strain of the wide-span timber trusses. Civil engineer
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Shortly after the construction of the church, in 1813, the population of the parish was 5,322 males and 7,690 females (these included Roman Catholics as well as Protestants).
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In the 1980s scaffolding had to be erected around the spire because the Portland stone was cracking due to expansion of the iron cramps that held it in place. The
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Construction of the "New St. George's church, Drumcondra", at the end of Temple Street, Dublin (the street so named after the church) commenced in 1802 by the
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It was a 'free church', within the Established Church, where no pew rents were paid and it survived on voluntary subscriptions.
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SJ who lived on Eccles Street, was baptised in St. Georges's. Later in life he converted to Catholicism and became a Jesuit.
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In 2004 the building found a new purchaser who oversaw extensive restoration and renovation to provide office facilities.
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Rev. Charles Henry Minchin also served in the Church. Rev. Samuel Eccles was also a chaplain to the church. Rev.
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Collection of Nineteenth Century Pamphlets Relating to Religion and Religious Controversy in Ireland
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In the 20th century the parish grew steadily and was in the 1950s the largest in the
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for the parish of St. George, which had been established in 1793. There had been an "
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served as curate from 1878 to 1884. Future Bishop of Meath and Archbishop of Dublin
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also served the church as a curate, and then as Rector from 1971 until 1980.
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26 Nov. 1894, p.3; Gilbert Library: Dublin Corporation Reports 1892 Vol.
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Early 20th century view of the church at the end of Hardwicke Street
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In 1806, Sir Arthur Wellesley, famous a few years later as the
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In 1936 the St. George's Brass Band was founded in the Church.
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The original site acquired for the new church (donated by
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List of churches under the patronage of Saint George
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St George's Church, Dublin

St. George's Church is located in Central Dublin
Ireland
Denomination
Church of Ireland
Dedication
Saint George
Architect(s)
Francis Johnston
Gothic Revival
Greek Revival
Diocese
Dublin and Glendalough
Parish

Dublin
Ireland
Francis Johnston
Drumcondra
St Andrew's Church, Chennai
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Church of Ireland
Old St. George's church, Drumcondra
Sir John Eccles
Drumcondra Church
Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy
Drumcondra Hospital
Glory to God in the Highest
Robert Mallet

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