St Andrew's Church is a former parish church of the

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that is located in St Andrew's Street,

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. After ceasing to be a church, it housed the main Dublin tourist office of

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until 2014, and later underwent redevelopment with a view to reopening as a food hall. Vanessa (

Esther Vanhomrigh Esther Vanhomrigh or Van Homrigh (known by the pseudonym Vanessa; c. 1688 – 2 June 1723), an Irish woman of Dutch descent, was a longtime lover and correspondent of Jonathan Swift. Swift's letters to her were published after her death. Her ...

), former pupil of Dean Swift, is buried at this church.

History

The original St Andrew's Church was located on present-day

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, but disappeared during

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'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: *

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, former pupil of

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. In 1713, he became the Dean (Christianity), dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and was given the sobriquet "Dean Swi ...

, was buried in St. Andrew's Church in June 1723. * Thomas Dalton,

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, 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.A History of the County Dublin, by Francis Elrington Ball (1920)

Cemetery

Burials in the churchyard include: * Alderman Thomas Pleasants, father of

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the developer and philanthropist, was buried in St Andrew's churchyard in 1729. * The surgeon

Philip Woodroffe Philip Woodroffe (died 4 June 1799) was the resident surgeon at Dr Steevens' Hospital in Dublin for over 30 years. Several eminent surgeons were apprenticed to him. He was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1788 ...

is also buried in the churchyard. Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886
''History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c''
Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 312.

Parish

The boundaries of the ecclesiastical parish were coextensive to those of the

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of St Andrew. The population of this parish in 1901 was 3,058, in 1971 it was 300.1979 Census
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George Newenham Wright George Newenham Wright (c. 1794–1877) was an Irish writer and Anglican clergyman. He was born in Dublin; his father, John Thomas Wright was a doctor. He graduated B.A. from Trinity College Dublin in 1814 and M.A. in 1817, having been elect ...

An Historical Guide to the City of Dublin *Craig, Maurice (1969). Dublin: 1660-1860. Dublin: Allen Figgis. *Usher, Robin (2008). 'Reading Architecture: St. Andrew's Church, Dublin, 1670-1990', Visual Resources, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 119–32. {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Andrew's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland) Tourist attractions in Dublin (city) Church of Ireland churches in Dublin (city) Georgian architecture in Dublin (city)