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Shandon castle, and consists of a prior and six priests.
A new chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, is being erected on
Pope’s quay from a design gratuitously furnished by
Kearnes Deane, Esq. who superintends its erection on
a principle of similar liberality. When finished, it will
consist of a portico of six Ionic columns with a triangu-
lar pediment surmounted by sculptured figures, with a
stately portico, enriched with Corinthian pillars on each
side, and topped by a dome with an octangular tam-
bour. The interior, 112½ by 100 feet, will be also enriched
by ranges of Corinthian, pillars; the cost will be de-
frayed both by voluntary subscriptions collected in the
usual manner and by a weekly penny collection from
the industrious and. poorer classes. A Sunday school
with about 500 pupils is attached to this body. The
Capuchins’ or Reformed Franciscans’ institution, situated
in Blackman’s-lane, consists of a provincial, guardian,
and three priests. The chapel was built by the cele-
brated Arthur O’Leary, who was a priest of this order.
A new chapel has been commenced in 1823, on Char-
lotte’s-quay, by the present provincial, the Very Rev.
Theobald Matthews, who has contributed liberally to its
expense, which has already amounted to £10,000; the
remainder is derived from subscriptions and weekly
collections. The structure, from a design and under the
superintendence of Messrs. Pain, is built of a light grey
limestone, and is already carried up as high as the roof;
when finished, it will present a splendid specimen of
the later English style, with a tower and spire, 200 feet
high • the front has a portico of three lofty arches rest-
ing on octagonal piers; between the centre piers is a rich
screen, forming a kind of porch to the doorway. The
piers, ten in number, are continued at the angles of the
building, those not connected with the tower terminat-
ing like those of Hen. VII.’s chapel at Westminster,
from which spring the exterior flying buttresses.
Similar buttresses are introduced in connection with
the turrets at the angles of the tower, which rise from a
base just above the arches before mentioned. The tower
will consist of two stories, having an open parapet of
tracery passing round it, above which will rise the spire:
the upper story of the tower and the lower portion of
the spire will be open, so managed as to combine
strength and variety with airy lightness. The contract
for the building was nearly £12,000, but it is estimated
that the entire cost will exceed £20,000. The Sunday
schools, under the care of the Josephian Society (the
Very Rev.T. Matthews, patron), are composed of reli-
gious and well-educated young men who instruct 500
boys; the day schools are under the superintendence of 50
Ladies Governesses, five of whom attend every day and
arc assisted by a matron and instruct 500 girls; an infants’
school for 350 children is under the direction of the
same ladies, aided by a matron from the London parent
institution. Evening schools for the instruction of ap-
prentices and labouring boys are under the care of the
same society. The Presentation Monastery, situated in
Douglas-street, was established in 1827 in buildings pre-
viously occupied by the Nuns of the Presentation order.
The community consists of a superior and ten brothers,
who devote themselves to the instruction of the poor
on a system embracing every branch of useful education.
Attached to the dwelling is a spacious building, divided
into four large apartments capable of accommodating
1000 boys; about 600 receive instruction and are ap-
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prenticed when at a proper age. The funds are derived
from subscriptions and the proceeds of an annual ser-
mon. The school owes its origin to the late Very Rev.
Dean Collins, priest of the parish, who contributed
liberally towards the erection of the building, and
also to its support. The Lancasterian school, at the
end of Great George’s-street, is conducted by this com-
munity; it is 80 feet by 60, arid capable of accommodat-
ing 1000 pupils; it is attended by the same number, and
supported in the same manner as the school previously
described. The Christian Brotherhood was instituted in
1811; the present buildings, situated in Peacock-lane,
were erected in 1815. The community consists of a
superior and eight brothers, who devote themselves to
the instruction of the poor in two schools, one in Peacock
lane; the other on Sullivan’s-quay: the former of these,
two stories high and divided into six apartments, each
45 feet by 25, affords accommodation for 800 boys;
in the latter about 300 attend. The schools are con-
ducted and supported in the same manner as those of
the Presentation Monastery. The community’s dwell-
ing-house is at a short distance from the former of these
schools, on an elevated and commanding situation. The
Presentation Convent, in Douglas-street, owes its origin
to the late Miss Honora Nagle, who in 1777 erected a
small building for that purpose; which being soon found
too small for the increasing number of its inmates, the
building now occupied by the parochial clergymen and
by the monks of the Presentation order, was erected by
the ladies and their friends, under the superintendence
of the Very Rev. Dean Collins: the establishment has
since become the parent house of the Presentation In-
stitute in Ireland. After the decease of this lady, the
new order was approved of by Pope Pius VI. and
confirmed by Pius VII., under the title of “the Pre-
sentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” Dean Collins,
then the parish priest, purchased, in 1825, the interest of
the present buildings (partly erected by Miss Nagle)
from the Ursuline Nuns, who had removed to their pre-
sent abode in Blackrock; and the present community of
the Presentation Institute removed into them on Oct.
1st, 1827, from the buildings now occupied by the
Parochial Clergy and the Monks of the Presentation
order. The community consists of a superioress, 17
professed and 2 lay nuns, who devote their whole time
to the gratuitous instruction of poor female children;
the average attendance of pupils is about 500. The
buildings, with the chapel, form a very respectable pile
in an elevated situation. The remains of the foundress
are interred in the cemetery within the grounds, and
those of Dean Collins within the chapel, in which there
is a neat marble slab erected to his memory. There is
an almshouse for 20 poor old women in connection with
it, chiefly supported by the ladies. The North Pre-
sentation convent was founded in Chapel-street in 1799,
and removed to the present house in Clarence-street in
1808. The community consists of a superioress, 14
professed nuns and two lay sisters, who devote their
time to the same purpose as those in Douglas-street
already described: the average attendance of children
at the school is 600, one-third of whom are clothed
annually by a subscription of the citizens: the buildings
with the chapel form a handsome pile. A branch of
the Sisters of Charity, Stanhope-street, Dublin, was
established near the cathedral 10 years since; the com-
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