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Church of the Assumption, Booterstown Avenue

Booterstown AvenueAccording to Wikipedia, the patron instructed the architect to design the church to resemble a domestic residence rather

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§What is known
Built
1813
Style
According to Wikipedia, the patron instructed the architect to design the church to resemble a domestic residence rather
Dedication
Assumption

Mass times

Sunday
9:00 AM · 11:00 AM
Saturday
10:00 AM · 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM (Weekday Mass)
Wednesday
10:00 AM (Weekday Mass)
Thursday
10:00 AM (Weekday Mass)
Friday
10:00 AM (Weekday Mass)
§Where
Address
Booterstown Avenue, Co. Dublin
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§Notes

Fragments gathered while researching this church: stories, curiosities, people and dates.

Designed to look like a house

According to Wikipedia, the patron instructed the architect to design the church to resemble a residence rather than a conventional church, to avoid offending local Protestant neighbours before Catholic Emancipation. The architect is not named in the source.

Timeline

  • 1812
    Foundation stone laid The foundation stone of the current church was laid on 6 August 1812.
  • 1813
    Church dedicated The church was dedicated on 15 August 1813, the feast of the Assumption.
  • 1872
    Presbytery built A presbytery was built at a cost of 4,400 pounds; a school for the Sisters of Mercy was constructed around the same time.
  • 1927
    Assassination of Kevin O'Higgins nearby Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Minister for Justice, was assassinated on Cross Avenue, Booterstown, while on his way to Mass at this church.
  • 1922
    Parish subdivisions Several present-day Dublin parishes were formed from the original Booterstown parish over time: Donnybrook in 1747, Dundrum in 1879, and Blackrock in 1922.

People

  • Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam Patron who funded construction of the church — A Protestant landowner who, according to Wikipedia, funded the church for his Roman Catholic tenants and instructed the architect to design it to resemble a house rather than a church.
  • Kevin O'Higgins (1892-1927) Irish Minister for Justice, assassinated nearby en route to Mass at this church — According to Wikipedia, O'Higgins was assassinated on Cross Avenue, Booterstown, on the morning of 10 July 1927, while walking to Mass at the parish church.
  • Barbara Fagan Verschoyle Subject of a commemorative plaque in the church — Wikipedia records a commemorative plaque to Barbara Fagan Verschoyle in the church; further details of the connection were not found in the sources consulted.