Religious, Spiritual sights in Dublin
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St Werburgh’s Church
Of undoubtedly ancient but imprecise origin, St Werburgh’s Church has undergone numerous facelifts: in 1662, 1715 and, with some elegance, in 1759 (after a fire in 1754). The church’s tall spire was dismantled after Robert Emmet’s uprising in 1803 for fear that rebels might use it as a vantage point for snipers. The church is closely linked with the history of uprisings against British rule; interred in the vault is Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a member of the United Irishmen, the group that led the 1798 Rising. In what was a frequent theme of Irish rebellions, compatriots gave him away and he died as a result of the wounds he received during his capture. Ironically, his cap…
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St Audoen’s Protestant Church
The only surviving medieval parish church in the city, St Audoen’s was built between 1181 and 1212, though the site is thought to be much older. Enlarged in its 15th-century heyday, it shrank to its present size in the 18th and 19th centuries, when the eastern wing and St Anne’s Chapel were left to ruin.
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Newman University Church
This Catholic church was built between 1854 and 1856 in an elaborate Byzantine style with multicoloured marble and copious gold leaf, making it very fashionable for society weddings. Cardinal Newman, who founded the city’s first Catholic university next door at Newman House, is honoured with a bust.
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Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church
On the former site of a Carmelite monastery, this huge church houses a 16th-century Flemish oak statue of the Mother and Child, thought to be the only one of its kind to survive the Reformation. The altar contains the remains of St Valentine, donated by Pope Gregory XVI in 1835.
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St Stephen’s Church
Built in 1825 in Greek Revival style, St Stephen’s is commonly known as the Pepper Canister Church because of its shape. It hosts classical concerts from time to time.
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