Where is / was St Lukes parish in Dublin?

[martync]

Hello,
Can anyone help me with the location of the St Luke's parish in Dublin? My GGGgrandparents (William and Elizabeth Healy) and their first daughter (Eliz) came from there sometime between 1825 and 1829. I've had a search on various maps and can't find the area. I did find a couple of references to St Luke's and St Nicholas Without but it sounds like they may have been redeveloped. Any help with this would be much appreciated, I hope to visit Ireland later this year so I am trying to get some basic information together before my visit.
Thanks,
Martyn

[Taidquest]

hi martyn,I think saint lukes was an electoral division rather than a parish
 and often comes up when looking up census etc.I know new street in the liberties area
of south dublin city was in st lukes ,will try to look it up in more detail for you
or in the meantime just google genuki ireland and you should get some
more info' on the subject there.
                                                     regards.anne
                                  ,

[martync]

Hello Anne,
Thank you very much I'll certainly try the google you suggested. The information about it being an electoral division will help me search much better and could well save me a lot of time during my visit looking for a parish which has never been there.
Thanks again,
Martyn

[martync]

I have now found that there was a St Luke's Church and Parish it was a Church of Ireland (Anglican) Church. It was in use until 1975 but then fell victim to vandals and was burned out in 1986. I found a pdf document about a Conservation plan written for the Dublin City Council by by Shaffrey Associates Architects in collaboration with John Montague, MA, Architectural Historian Archaeological Projects Ltd. Daphne Levinge-Shackleton, Ph D, Landscape Consultant Roger Goodwillie Associates, Ecology Consultants. It is quite a large document 2MB and 100 pages but well worth downloading if you have an interest in this area it can be found at:

http://www.dublincity.ie/Images/St.%20Luke's%20Conservation%20Plan%20(2MB)_tcm35-35401.pdf

It contains history, pictures from the past and some rather sad ones of the site in 2003 when the report was compiled. Apparently the Church was sold to the Council for £5 when it closed as an active church. Part of the agreement was that the site would be maintained hence the conservation plan. A new relief road has been put through the original church yard entrance  to the building but much of the yard and the remaining shell still existed.

"St. Luke’s Church, a protected structure and recorded monument, was built between 1715 and 1716. It is located in The Coombe, within Dublin’s historic centre and is attributed to Thomas Burgh"

An interesting piece of information in the report was that many of the registers for the Church are now held by the Representative Church Library http://www.ireland.anglican.org/library/ and may be available.

I am going over to Ireland for my first visit next month and I have already e-mailed to see if they have the registers for the periods when my GGG grandfather was born in the St Luke's area, got married there and had his first daughter. I will also go and see what is happening to the building. I'll let you know how I get on and thought I'd share this information in case anyone else was looking for St Luke's.

All the best,
Martyn

[Taidquest]

hi martyn,
               you've done really well to find all this information.
only after I sent you the p.m. about st lukes did I realise
that it was possible that it or a nearby protestant parish
would have details of my great grandparents,william and
 mary owens.although their son was a convert to the roman
 catholic church before he married my grandmother in 1909
in st nicholas of myra church in francis st,I think his parents
would have remained protestant,so you won't be the only
one interested to see what the rcb library has on the period
 between 1909 and 1922.
  good luck with your visit.
                                             anne

[martync]

Hi Anne,

I will post any reply I get from the RCL about the registers and if I get a chance I'll have a look out for any information about a marriage at St Lukes for William Owens and Mary. If the son got married in 1909 at say 23 years old then that would put his birth at about 1886 so there may be a baptism of an Owen son around then and William & Mary's wedding would probably be in a range around 5 years of that date. I can't promise I'll get a chance as we are only in Dublin for a couple of days and one of those is the bank holiday Monday so the library will be closed. I'll let you know how it goes and even if I don't get anything specific I may get some background information that could be of interest and some pictures of what is left of the church or how it has been restored.

All the best,
Martyn

[Taidquest]

hi martyn,
don't waste your time looking for a marriage,I should have explained
that william and mary were most likely born and married in  wales.
they arrived in dublin with john(my granddad in about 1900/1901
along with his 2 brothers and 1 sister.
I was thinking that the burial registers between 1909 and 1922
may contain details about them,just enjoy your trip and hope you
 find the info' you need.
                                      best wishes, anne

[martync]

Hi Anne,

Thanks for the good wishes I'm quite excited as I had almost given up on finding anything further back in my Healy family. I keep checking my inbox to see if anything has come back from the RCL, you'd think after a few years doing my family history I'd have learned to be patient 

If I get the chance I'll have a look at the burial register and also I intend to look at the grave stones that have been moved to St Patrick's Cathedral (acording to that document) and if the St Luke's site is accessable I'll have a look there as well.

All the best,
Martyn

[Marie M]

I'm looking forward to reading that whe I have a bit of time.