Whitechurch, Dublin

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Whitechurch (Irish: Teampaill Ghil) on the southside of Dublin, situated south of Ballyboden in Rathfarnham at the foot of the Dublin mountains. Derives its name from a small white church in Kilmashogue, build in the proximity of an ancient Cairn (which is a protected monument). Little remains of the church. The Church of Ireland parish of Whitechurch includes most of Rathfarnham including Tibradden, Larch Hill and Kilmashogue. There is a Moravian cemetery in the area which was the burial ground for the Moravian community, a Protestant sect from what is now the Czech republic who arrived in Ireland in the 1700s. This community had a church in Kevin St but have now died out. The Catholic ethos is well served by the Augustinian Fathers who have been in the area for many years.