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church on

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and Waterloo Avenue, in Dublin. The original church was established in 1786. It is now part of the United Parish of Drumcondra, North Strand, and Saint Barnabas. St. Columba's National School, which was established in 1787, is on the same grounds and affiliated to the church.

History

Associated Parishes

North Strand parish merged with the Parish of Drumcondra in 1896. When St. Barnabas' Church, Dublin on Sherrif Street closed in 1965 it was merged with North Strand. The churches at Drumcondra and North Strand now serve the combined parishes. Since 2017 North Strand and Drumcondra churches also serve the Anglican communities from

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and St. Thomas parishes.

Buildings

The original school and chapel were situated on the corner of North Strand and Spring Garden Street. The foundation stone for a new Episcopal Chapel on the current North Strand site was laid on 7 September 1836 by Rev Charles Henry Minchin; the architect was

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. The church contains memorials to parishioners lost in the Great War, and the Roll of Honour form it, it also contains the Roll of Honour from the St Barnabas parish from the Great War, after the Church of St Barnabas was demolished in 1969.

Clergy

In the nineteenth century, the church would have been considered and referred to as an Episcopal Chapel, with a number of clergy on the evangelical wing involved in the church, including Rev. Dr

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and Rev.

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, (and

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) who were trustees of the church at the time. The Rev. Richard Hemphill AM, served as chaplain to the church. Rev. Ernest Lewis-Crosby was rector from 1904-1914. In 2016, Canon Roy Byrne was succeeded by Rev. Garth Bunting as rector.{{cite web , url=https://dublin.anglican.org/news/2016/06/The-Revd-Garth-Bunting-Appointed-Rector-of-Drumcondra-and-North-Strand , title=The Revd Garth Bunting Appointed Rector of Drumcondra and North Strand , date=2016-06-22 , website=dublin.anglican.org , publisher=United Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough , access-date=2023-01-05

References

Church of Ireland churches in Dublin (city)

History

Associated Parishes

Buildings

Clergy

See also

References