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St Colmcille, Knocklyon

Idrone AvenueA local history blog describes the church as a stone building of the post Vatican II period, designed by an architect kn

This church is still ahead. Its chapter will be written when its visit comes.

§What is known

Built: 1980 · Richard Hurley
Style: A local history blog describes the church as a stone building of the post Vatican II period, designed by an architect kn
Order: Society of the Divine Word (SVD), current administering order since 2022; Carmelite Order administered the parish from 1
Dedication: St Colmcille

Mass times

§Where

No photographs yet — the essay appears only after the visit.

§Notes

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

A bronze sculpture of St Colmcille was installed inside the main entrance of the church at a later date, according to a local history blog.

Porches added to the church in the 21st century altered its original exterior appearance, according to the same local history blog.

1974
Parish established The parish of Knocklyon was established under the patronage of St Colmcille.
1974
First parish Mass The first parish Mass was celebrated in the canteen of a developer's (McInerney's) site office.
1975
Temporary church opens A temporary wooden church with movable partitions for community use opened.
1979
Foundation stone blessed by Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II blessed the foundation stone of the new church during his 1979 visit to Ireland.
1980
Permanent church opens The current stone church was completed and opened in April 1980.
2001
Relics of St Therese of Lisieux visit A televised Mass during the visit of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux was broadcast live by RTE from the church.
2022
Carmelites hand over parish administration The Carmelite Order, which had administered the parish since 1974, handed responsibility to the Archdiocese of Dublin; the parish is now under the Society of the Divine Word.
2024
Fiftieth jubilee The parish celebrated its fiftieth jubilee, marking fifty years since its establishment in 1974.

Richard Hurley (1932-2011) Architect of the church — Identified by a local history blog as a leading post Vatican II Irish church architect and the designer of St Colmcille's.
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) Blessed the foundation stone — Blessed the foundation stone of the church during his 1979 visit to Ireland.
Dermot Ryan Archbishop of Dublin who invited the Carmelites to the parish — As Archbishop of Dublin, invited the Carmelite Provincial to send Carmelites to staff the newly created parish in 1974.