Carmelite origins
The parish website states that the parish's origins trace to a chapel attached to a Carmelite monastery in the area, predating the current church.
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St. John The Baptist, Blackrock
This church is still ahead. Its chapter will be written when its visit comes.
§What is known
- Built
- 1845 · Patrick Byrne
- Style
- Gothic / Classical
- Dedication
- St. John The Baptist
Mass times
- Sunday
- 10:00 AM · 12:00 PM
- Saturday
- 6:30 PM
- Monday
- 1:05 PM (Weekday Mass)
- Tuesday
- 1:05 PM (Weekday Mass)
- Wednesday
- 1:05 PM (Weekday Mass)
- Thursday
- 1:05 PM (Weekday Mass)
- Friday
- 1:05 PM (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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1842
Foundation stone laid The foundation stone was laid on the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 24 June 1842.
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1845
Church dedicated The church was dedicated on 14 September 1845 by Archbishop Daniel Murray.
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1922
Parish established The parish of Blackrock was established, separated from Booterstown.
People
- Patrick Byrne Architect — Dublin architect credited, according to a Wikipedia list of his works, with the design of St John the Baptist Church, dated 1842 to 1845. He designed a number of Dublin's Catholic churches in this period, including St Audoen's and St Paul's, Arran Quay.
- Daniel Murray Archbishop of Dublin — Dedicated the church on 14 September 1845.
- Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry Landowner who gave the site — According to the parish website, gave the land on which the church was built.