Fan-shaped plan with atrium buffer
The church uses an oval atrium as an acoustic and social buffer between the worship space and the surrounding car park and road, an arrangement noted in accounts of Dublin's modern church architecture.
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To come
St Fintan's, Sutton
This church is still ahead. Its chapter will be written when its visit comes.
§What is known
- Built
- 1973 · Robinson, Keefe and Devane (Andy Devane)
- Style
- 1970s modern Catholic church architecture
- Dedication
- St Fintan's
Mass times
- Sunday
- 10:00 AM · 12:30 PM
- Saturday
- 6:30 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)
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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1816
Thatched chapel built in Howth A thatched chapel serving the wider Howth area, of which Sutton then formed part, was built on Howth's Main Street in 1816.
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1912
Chapel-of-Ease established in Sutton A Chapel-of-Ease, locally called the Tin Church, was established in Sutton in 1912 and enlarged in 1927.
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1973
Present St Fintan's Church built The current church was built in 1973 to a design by Andy Devane of Robinson, Keefe and Devane, replacing the earlier Chapel-of-Ease.
People
- Andy Devane Architect — Partner at Robinson, Keefe and Devane and a parishioner of St Fintan's, he designed the 1973 church.
Also known as: The Tin Church