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St Philip the Apostle, Mountview
This church is still ahead. Its chapter will be written when its visit comes.
§What is known
- Built
- 1980
- Style
- Categorised as vernacular based on the parish's own description of the original construction as solid block work; no for
- Order
- Society of the Divine Word (SVD)
- Dedication
- St Philip the Apostle
Mass times
- Sunday
- 10:00 AM · 12:00 PM · 6:00 PM
- Saturday
- 10:00 AM (Weekday Mass) · 6:00 PM
- Monday
- 9:15 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Wednesday
- 9:15 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Friday
- 9:15 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Holy Days
- 9:15 AM (Holy Day Mass)
§Where
- Address
- Mountview, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, D15 VK59 · D15 VK59
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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1978
Parish established The parish website states the parish was established in 1978 when Archbishop Dermot Ryan created new parishes for the developing Blanchardstown area; the Archdiocese of Dublin's own parish page instead gives 1979, constituted from Corduff.
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1980
Church dedicated Archbishop Dermot Ryan celebrated the first Mass and handed the church keys to Fr Dennehy on 30 November 1980, according to the parish website and a Society of the Divine Word account of the north-west Dublin parishes.
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2005
Committee room extended Fr Des Hogan added flagpoles, floodlighting and an extended committee room in 2005, according to the parish website.
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2017
SVD priests take charge The Society of the Divine Word began leading the parish grouping from 2017, according to an SVD account of the north-west Dublin parishes.
People
- Dermot Ryan Archbishop of Dublin who celebrated the first Mass and dedicated the church in 1980 — According to the parish website, Archbishop Dermot Ryan celebrated the church's first Mass on 30 November 1980 and handed the keys to the first parish priest.
- Fr Dennehy First parish priest of St Philip the Apostle — The parish website records Fr Dennehy as the first parish priest, who received the church keys from Archbishop Ryan in 1980.