St. Thomas's Church, is a redundant
Church of Ireland
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church on
Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin.
History
The church was designed by the architect Fredrick G. Hicks and it was opened in 1931; it won the 1932–33 Royal Institute of Architects Ireland Prize. It was built to replace
St. Thomas's Church on Marlborough Street, which was destroyed by fire during the
Irish Civil War
The Irish Civil War (; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Emp ...
in 1922. It is situated on Cathal Brugha Street, between Findlater Place and Marlborough Street.
With the decline in Church of Ireland congregations, the parish of St. Thomas merged in 1966 with the parish of St. George. In 1990, the church was renamed the Church of St. Thomas and St. George. St. George's Brass Band moved to Cathal Brugha Street.
Over the years, a number of other Christian denominations were allowed to use the church, including Orthodox, Filipino Christians and the Anglican Igbo Speaking Community. St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Church use the building for their weekly services, and from 2006 it became their parish church.
St. Thomas's ceased to be a Church of Ireland parish church in 2017. When the parishes of
Drumcondra and
North Strand
North Strand (Irish language, Irish: ''An Trá Thuaidh'' ) is a residential inner city neighbourhood on the Northside, Dublin, Northside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland.
Location and access
The area is physically bounded by the River Tol ...
(Waterloo Avenue) served as the nearest parish churches for the Anglican community. In 2021, there was a movement to return the church to its parishioners and in September 2023 the church reopened for worship.
References
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20th-century churches in the Republic of Ireland
Church of Ireland churches in Dublin (city)
Churches completed in 1931