Buy a Block fundraising campaign
The parish's history page describes a community fundraising campaign in which 3,300 building blocks were sold at 1 pound each to help fund construction of the permanent church.
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To come
Our Lady of the Assumption, Ballyfermot
This church is still ahead. Its chapter will be written when its visit comes.
§What is known
- Built
- 1953 · Robinson, Keefe and Devane
- Style
- NIAH describes it as a modernist cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church with flat roofs over full-height transepts and a p
- Dedication
- Our Lady of the Assumption
Mass times
- Sunday
- 9:30 AM · 11:30 AM
- Saturday
- 10:00 AM (Weekday Mass) · 7:00 PM
- Monday
- 10:00 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Tuesday
- 10:00 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Wednesday
- 10:00 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Thursday
- 10:00 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Friday
- 10:00 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Holy Days
- 10:00 AM (Holy Day Mass) · 7:00 PM (Holy Day Mass)
No photographs yet — the essay appears only after the visit.
§Notes
Fragments gathered while researching this church: stories, curiosities, people and dates.
Timeline
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1953
Canon Troy appointed first parish priest Canon Michael Charles Troy became the first parish priest of Ballyfermot on 5 February 1953, marking the formal origin of the parish.
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1950
Temporary church opens in converted paint store Father Donal O'Scannaill purchased a former Dublin Corporation paint store for 200 pounds and converted it into a temporary church and community centre, known locally as the Painters Hut, used until the permanent church opened in 1953.
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1951
Construction begins Construction of the permanent Church of Our Lady of the Assumption began in May 1951, to designs by Robinson, Keefe and Devane, built by John Hughes and Son.
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1953
Church opens The permanent church opened in 1953, at a construction cost of 68,000 pounds, with mahogany seating added at a further cost of 10,000 pounds, providing seating for about 1,980 people.
People
- Robinson, Keefe and Devane Architects of the church — The Dublin architectural firm designed the church; the NIAH notes that its partner Robinson had served as official architect to the 1932 Eucharistic Congress.
- Michael Charles Troy (1895-1972) First parish priest of Ballyfermot — Appointed first parish priest on 5 February 1953, Canon Troy is credited locally with championing Gaelic games and education in the new parish, and with helping establish local Vincent de Paul services.
- Donal O'Scannaill Founding curate — Set up and ran the temporary Painters Hut church that served the parish before the permanent building opened.