St. Mary's Church, Dublin
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St. Mary's Church, Dublin is a former Church of Ireland building that dates from 1627. The architect was Sir William Robinson, and it is notable as the first Dublin church to be built with galleries.
Theobald Wolfe Tone was baptised in the church in 1763 and Sean O'Casey the playwright was baptised there in 1880.
Arthur Guinness married here in 1761.
The church, located in Mary Street, closed in 1986 and became a retail outlet. It has been converted to use as a pub and restaurant, named "John M. Keating Bar". In September 2007 the owner changed, now it is simply called "The Church".
The adjoining churchyard was converted into a public park, Wolfe Tone Park, where the gravestones can be seen stacked up at the southern end.
[edit] Bibliography
- The Writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone 1763-98: Volume One Tone's Career in Ireland to June 1795 Volume Two America, France and Bantry Bay - August 1795 to December 1796 and Volume Three France, the Rhine, Lough Swilly and Death of Tone - January 1797 to November 1798. [1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Detail taken from copies of Writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone edited by T W Moody, R B MacDowel and C J Woods published by Clarendon Press (USA) with a copyright date of 1998 and an ISBN 0 19 822383 8
[edit] External links
- Information on the church from irish-architecture.com (with pictures)
- Notes regarding St. Mary's Churchyard (with pictures)
- Homepage of the John M. Keating Bar
