St Andrew's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland)


St Andrew's Church is a former parish church of the Church of Ireland that is located in St Andrew's Street, Dublin, Ireland. It housed the main Dublin tourist office of Fáilte Ireland until 2014 and is currently undergoing redevelopment as a food hall.

The church

The original St Andrew's Church was located on present-day Dame Street, but disappeared during Oliver Cromwell's reign in the mid-17th century. A new church was built in 1665 a little further away from the city walls, on an old bowling-green close to the Thingmote, the old assembly-place of the Norse rulers of the city. Due to its shape, it was commonly known as the "Round Church". Local landlords of the time, Lord Anglesey and Sir John Temple were churchwardens. The architect was William Dodson. The neighbouring houses were located in that part of the Dublin Corporation estate known as "the Whole Land of Tib and Tom".
The church was rebuilt in 1793, but burnt down in 1860, when the present building was constructed.

The parish

The boundaries of the ecclesiastical parish were coextensive to those of the civil parish of St Andrew. The population of this parish in 1901 was 3,058, in 1971 it was 300.

Memorials

Vanessa, former pupil of Jonathan Swift, was buried in St. Andrew's Church in June 1723.
Thomas Dalton, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was buried here in 1730
Marmaduke Coghill, member of Parliament for Dublin University, judge of the Prerogative Court and Chancellor of the Exchequer was buried in the family vault in this church in 1738.

The cemetery