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given as a parish church to the priory of Grace Dieu
by John Comyn; but in 1467 it was made a prebend
with cure of souls in the cathedral of St. Patrick, by
Archbishop Tregury. The parish contains 4599 inha-
bitants, and 426 houses valued at £5 and upwards, the
total annual value being £19,399. The rectory or pre-
bend is of the annual value of £243. 1. 4., and the
minister’s money amounts to £220. 12. 11. The pre-
sent church consists only of the western end of the
ancient edifice, which comprised a nave and collateral
aisle, at the end of which is a modern steeple with a
ring of bells; the rest of it is now in ruins. The east-
ern extremity still presents a fine specimen of the
pointed style, and there are many curious old monu-
ments, among which is one of Lord Portlester and his
lady, erected in 1455: it is the burial-place of several
ancient families. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners
have granted £162. 0.11. for the repairs of this church.
There is a parochial school for boys, who are clothed,
partly dieted, and apprenticed; also a school for girls,
who are partly clothed; an infants’ school, a Sunday
school, and a female orphan school.
St. Bridget’s or St. Bride’s parish was formed out
of those of St. Bride, St. Stephen, and St. Michael de la
Pole, and after having belonged to Christ-Church was
annexed to St. Patrick’s in 1186. It contains 12,543
inhabitants; the number of houses valued at £5 and
upwards is 732, and the total annual value is £23,377.10.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the
Dean and Chapter of St. Patrick’s; the minister’s
money amounts to £286. 4. 1., and the gross income
is £405. 13. 10. The church, a very plain building,
situated in the street to which it gives name, was
erected in 1684: it was repaired in 1827 at an expense
of between £300 and £400, by parish assessment; and
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have since granted
£158. 5. 9. for its further repair. Among the monu-
ments are those of Mr. and Mrs. Pleasants, distin-
guished for their munificent charitable donations and
bequests. The Episcopal chapel of the Molyneux
Asylum, in Peter-street, is in this parish. There is a
parochial boarding school for boys, a parochial day
school, a boarding school for orphans, a day and an
infants’ school, and a Sunday school. The school in
Stephen-street is supported by the interest of a legacy
of £3900 from Ralph Macklin, Esq. Two almshouses
for 20 widows and 12 old men are maintained by a
bequest of Mr. Pleasants; and several large legacies
have been bequeathed to the parish. There is a chaly-
beate spa near the church.
St. Catherines anciently formed part of the parish of
St. James, but was separated from it by an act of par-
liament in 1710. It contains 23,237 inhabitants, and
1264 houses of the value of £5 and upwards, the total
annual value being £31,921. The living is a vicarage, in
the patronage of the Earl of Meath; the minister’s money
amounts to £395. 3. 10. The church, which had been
a chapel to St. Thomas the Martyr, was rebuilt in its pre-
sent form in 1769: it is situated on the south side of
Thomas-street, and is built of mountain granite, in the
Doric style: four semi-columns, with their entablature,
enriched by triglyphs, support a noble pediment in the
centre, and on each side the entablature is continued
the entire length, and supported at each extremity by
coupled pilasters: above the entablature, at each side
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of the pediment, is a stone balustrade. Between the
centre columns is a handsome Ionic arched door, and
the other intermediate spaces are occupied by a double
range of windows. The interior is elegantly simple:
eight Ionic columns support the galleries, above which
the same number of Corinthian pilasters rise to the
roof. At the west end of the building is an unfinished
belfry. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have granted
£126 for its repair. In the interior is a tablet to the
memory of Dr. Whitelaw, the historian of Dublin,
who was 25 years vicar of this parish, and died in
1813; and another to that of William Mylne, engineer,
who constructed the waterworks of Dublin: underneath
is the family vault of the Earl of Meath. A free Epis-
copal church has been opened in Swift’s-alley, in a
building purchased from the Baptist society in 1835,
and consecrated by the archbishop: it is under the
management of eight trustees, one-half of whom must
be clergymen of the Established Church. Another is
in progress at Harold Cross, in this parish. There are
a parochial boarding school for girls, a parochial day
school for boys and girls, a school on Erasmus Smith’s
foundation, three national schools, an evening school,
an infants’ school, and two Sunday schools. There
are two almshouses for widows, one supported by the
parish and the other by a member of the La Toucbe
family.
St. George’s parish originally formed part of that of
St. Mary, and though not strictly within the liberties
of the city, it has been included in the new electorial
boundary under the Reform act. It contains 14,692
inhabitants, and 1261 houses valued at £5 and upwards,
the total annual value being £63,900. The living is a
rectory, in the alternate patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Christ-Church and the representatives of
the late Lord Blessington; the minister’s money
amounts to £628. 5. 9., and the gross income is £800.
The church, erected in 1802 in Hardwicke-place, after
a design by F. Johnston, and at an expense of £90,000,
presents a front consisting of a central projecting
portico of four fluted Doric columns resting on an
elevated platform supporting a bold entablature (the
frieze and cornice of which are carried entirely round
the building) surmounted by a triangular pediment over
which rises the steeple of four ornamented stories, ter-
minating in a light and graceful spire tapering to a
height of 200 feet from the ground. The interior is
fitted up in a chaste and elegant style, and a project-
ing building at the east end contains the vestry-room and
parish school. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have
granted £1512. 12. 5. for its repair. There are three
other Episcopal places of worship: St. George’s chapel,
commonly called Little St. George’s, in Lower Temple-
street, was founded by an endowment, by Archbishop
King, of £49 per ann., out of two houses in Great Britain-
street, the property of Sir John Eccles, to support a
lecturer; it consists of a plain building with a square
tower, surrounded by a cemetery, and is a donative,
in the gift of A. Eccles, Esq. The free church in
Great Charles-street was originally a Methodist place
of worship, and was purchased, about 1826, for its pre-
sent purpose, and consecrated by the Archbishop of
Dublin, in whom the appointment of the minister is
vested; it is a plain neat structure. The Episcopal
chapel of the female penitentiary, on the north circular