Donnybrook Catholic church records

[Oaks and Acorns]

Shane,

I think I may have found the answer to my confusion here: http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/shortpar/shortpar6.htm

The original RC church was named St. Mary's and the new church started in 1864 was the Church of the Sacred Heart.

Dara.

[jean Sandra]

Do you know if there are parish records for the old St Mary's dating back to the early 1800s or even earlier?
Jean Sandra

[shanew147]

there's an old graveyard beside the Garda Station (police) on Donnybrook main street, which seems be the one mentioned in Dara's post and probably where the old church of St. Broc/St. Mary's parish was located pre 1870. There's no mention of any surviving records from this timeframe on the NLI RC record index - under Donnybrook, St. Mary's or St. Broc's



Shane

[helkar]

Joining in regarding records of Donnybrook etc.
My ancestor was registered in Donnybrook, living Irishtown Road  born  1875.  I have been trying to find a possible church for the parents marriage.
Child born Sept. 1875. possible marriage 73-75 - religion R.C. what church would they use. St. Mary's  marriages start 1877.
Any help would be appreciated.
helkar

[eadaoin]

helkar

There's a church in Ringsend - not sure when built - became a parish in 1905.

Sandymount (Star of the Sea) is the likeliest church to look - constituted 1851 according to the Diocesan Directory.

I think Grenham says records start in 1865.

if you have the civil cert, it should mention the Church

eadaoin

[Quaxer]

Danny Parkinson in his booklet "Donnybrook Graveyard" in Chap.7dates the old St. Mary's R.C. Church beside the old Graveyard and Garda Station from 1787. It appears to have been one church within the parish of Irishtown. It is quite possible that the original records were kept at Irishtown (as the mother church)and to that I think would be my first port of call.


Quaxer.

[Beach]

My ggranparents were married in 1870 in St.Marys, Star of the Sea, Sandymount.  You have to approach the church direct as these records are not in the National Library in Kildare Street.  My gggrandparents (who lived in the same area) were married in 1853 in St. Marys, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.  (The parish records for this church are available in the National Library and they go back to 1800)  I think Haddington Road was the Roman Catholic church for Donnybrook, Ballsbridge and surrounding areas in the early 1800's.

[helkar]

Hi eadaoin
     Hi Quaxer

Thanks for replying.       I must admit I am getting a little confused with these churches.
I guess St. Mary's church was the main parish of the area??
It looks as if the church  of Star of the Sea, Sandymount covered Donnybrook as well as the church of the Sacred Heart  - so my possible dates of marriage e.g. 1873 - 1875  could have been either of these churches!!!!
helkar

[Quaxer]

helkar

Shane has indicated thatthe current R.C. Church (Sacred Heart) opened in August 1865 but the marriage records date from January 1877. For some unknown reason there is a gap from 1865-1877 in the records which only a perusal of the other church records will indicate why. Note the old R.C. Church  of St. Mary was disused and I believe offered for sale shortly thereafter. This old  church (1787-1865) was one of several churches in the R.C. parish of Irish and Donnybrook ,a large parish by today' standards but thinly peopled. As the population grew of these rural areas (today engulfed by Dublin City) so original parishes were divided.
As the records are not at Sacred Heart Donnybrook then I suggest you approach the "mother church" St. Mary's  Haddington Road .( Yes there were 2 St MarysR.C. Churches at one time within a few miles of each other)
The marriage should have been registered in the General Register Church.

Regards    Quaxer