Abbey Presbyterian Church, Dublin
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Abbey Presbyterian Church is a church located at
Parnell Square Parnell Square () is a Georgian square sited at the northern end of O'Connell Street in the city of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the city's D01 postal district. Formerly named ''Rutland Square'', it was renamed after Charles Stewart Parnell (18 ...
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Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
. Designed by architect Andrew Heiton of
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, it is a decorated Gothic building, with a spire high. The church was erected in 1864 with funding from Alexander Findlater, a Dublin merchant, and is known colloquially as "Findlater's church". One of the first preachers was
John Hall John Hall may refer to: Academics * John Hall (NYU President) (fl. c. 1890), American academic * John A. Hall (born 1949), sociology professor at McGill University, Montreal * John F. Hall (born 1951), professor of classics at Brigham Young Unive ...
(1829–1898).Larson: The Company of the Preachers, Vol 2. Kregel Publications, 1998


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Abbey Presbyterian Church

Irish Architecture site with images
Parnell Square Presbyterian churches in Dublin (city) {{Ireland-church-stub