St Andrew's Church is a former parish church of the Church of Ireland that is located in St Andrew's Street, Dublin, Ireland. After ceasing to be a church, it housed the main Dublin tourist office of Fáilte Ireland until 2014, and later underwent redevelopment with a view to reopening as a food hall. Vanessa (Esther Vanhomrigh), former pupil of Dean Swift, is buried at this church.

History

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.

1670 church

A new church was built around 1670-74 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. The architect was William Dodson and it was said to have been constructed in an unusual eliptical style. Local landlords of the time, Lord Anglesey and John Temple were churchwardens. The neighbouring houses were located in that part of the Dublin Corporation estate known as "the Whole Land of Tib and Tom".

Round church

The church was again largely rebuilt from 1793 to 1807 in the Georgian style to a design laterly by Francis Johnston and was commonly referred to as the "round church" owing to its shape.

Modern church

The church burnt down in 1860 and the present gothic structure was constructed in its place around 1862.

Memorials

Church and vaultes

Memorials within the church include:

Cemetery

Burials in the churchyard include:

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.

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