St. Michan's Catholic Church, Dublin Explained

St. Michan's Catholic Church is a Catholic Church located on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland.^[2] It is the parish church for the Halston Street Parish in the Archdiocese of Dublin.^[3]

History

The church was built between 1810 and 1817.^[2] It was constructed before Catholic Emancipation (1829) and wasn't allowed an entrance that opened onto a main street.^[2] The presence of Green Street Courthouse and Newgate Prison had elevated the importance of Halston Street at the time and so entry to the church was through the less important North Anne Street to the west.^[2] In the late nineteenth century, the addition of a tall castellated tower by George Ashlin to the east provided a new entrance from Halston Street.^{[2] [4]} The church contains a number of impressive stained-glass windows by German stained-glass designers and manufacturers, Mayer & Company of Munich as well as a window attributed to Harry Clarke in the Mortuary Chapel.^[2]

Since 2012, the Romanian (Greek Rite) Catholic Community have used Halston Street Parish for their services.

People Associated with St. Michan's

• Bishop John Dempsey, served in St Michan's, before becoming Bishop of Kildare
• Archbishop Patrick Fitzsimons STD served as parish priest at St. Michan's from 1744 to 1763, prior to becoming Archbishop of Dublin
• Archbishop John Linegar, served as a curate in St. Michan's, serving from 1697 to 1707, from nearby Broadstone, he is buried in the church graveyard.
• Rev. Dr. Cornelius Nary DCL, LLD, catholic writer, controversialist, and activist, served as parish priest
• Rev. Myles Vincent Ronan, MA, DLitt, FRSAI, MRIA, FRHS, PP, church historian, and controversialist, curate (1902-04) and from 1942 parish priest of Halston Street, wrote a history of the parish published in 1948.^[5]
• Fr. Bryan Shortall OFM Cap., Parish Priest 2010–2019

External links

• Web site: Halston Street Parish – St Michan’s Catholic Church . . halstonstreetparish.
• Web site: Saint Michan's Roman Catholic Church, Halston Street, North Anne Street, Dublin 7 . . buildingsofireland.ie.
• Web site: 1893 – St. Michan's Church, Halston Street, Dublin . . archiseek.com.
• Web site: St Michan Roman Catholic Church, Halston Street, Dublin: the west front on North Anne Street . . ribapix.com.
• Web site: St. Michan's, Dublin city . . registers.nli.ie . National Library of Ireland.

Notes and References

1. https://www.capuchinfranciscans.ie/friary/st-michans-parish/ St. Michans Parish
2. Web site: Halston Street Parish – St Michan’s Catholic Church . . halstonstreetparish . 3 August 2021.
3. Web site: Halston Street And Arran Quay . . dublindiocese.ie . 3 August 2021.
4. Web site: Saint Michan's Roman Catholic Church, Halston Street, North Anne Street, Dublin 7 . . buildingsofireland.ie . 3 August 2021.
5. https://www.dib.ie/biography/ronan-myles-vincent-a7785 Myles Vincent Ronan