Taney Parish
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[edit] History
Taney's origins go back to the 7th Century, where according to tradition, St Nahi established a centre for monastic life on what is now the site of St. Nahi's Church in Dundrum, Dublin.
The derivation of the Parish name, 'Taney', suggests that it comes from the Irish 'Teach Nahi' or 'Nahi's house' although, another likely source is 'Tamhnach', meaning 'a green field, an arable spot'.
There seems little doubt that religious worship was taking place here for some considerable time prior to the Anglo Norman Conquest of 1172. By the mid 12th Century, it is known to have been a Rural See, which subsequently became the rural Deanery of Taney. After the conquest Taney Church and its surrounding lands were assigned to the See of Dublin and shortly afterwards Taney became a prebend of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
The earliest original records, deposited in the Library of the Representative Church Body[1], date back to 1791 and are useful for determining the size of the parish at that time. As the parish grew in numbers, the old church became too small, and as early as 1809 discussions had begun on replacing the parish church by a new and more spacious structure. Christ Church, Taney was completed and opened for worship in 1818, though not fully consecrated until 1872. In 1859, services were begun in a room in Mount Merrion, and the parish's third church, St Thomas', was built there in 1874. It became a separate parish in 1956, finally amalgamating with Booterstown in the 1990's.
In 1867, a licence was granted for the performance of Divine Service at what was then known as the 'Dundrum Lunatic Asylum' and Church of Ireland services are held regularly at the Central Mental Hospital to this day.
[edit] Area of Parish
By the turn of the 20th Century Taney Parish comprised of the following townlands: Balally, Ballinteer, Churchtown, Drummartin, Dundrum, Farranboley, Friarsland, Kingstown, Mount Anville, Mount Merrion or Callary, Rathmines, Roebuck, Ticknock and Trimlestown or Owenstown.
At the beginning of the new Millennium, the present parish is bounded by Milltown to the north, Ticknock to the south, Churchtown to the west and Goatstown to the East. With over 800 families and 2000+ parishioners, Taney is now the largest numerical Church of Ireland parish in the Republic of Ireland.
