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St. Thomas's Church (old), Dublin
St Thomas's Church in Marlborough Street, Dublin was a Church of Ireland parish church. It was replaced by a new church, St. Thomas's Church, Cathal Brugha Street, St. Thomas's Church, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin, in 1930. The church Establishment St Thomas's Church was built in 1758-62 in Marlborough Street when the parish of St. Mary's Church, Dublin, St. Mary's was divided to cope with increased population. The architect of this church (and of St. Catherine's Church, Dublin, St. Catherine's in Thomas Street) was John Smyth. The design is modelled on Palladio's Il Redentore in Venice. £2000 was granted by Parliament for the building of the church, and later another thousand pounds to finish it off. At the time it was considered to have the most beautiful facade of any church in the city, built in the Palladian architecture, Palladian style similar to St Catherine's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland), St Catherine's Church on Thomas Street, Dublin, Thomas Street. It was opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixth largest in Western Europe after the Acts of Union in 1800. Following independence in 1922, Dubli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
