Donnybrook Catholic church records

[eadaoin]

I know there's a published history of this parish, written ??80/100 years ago - i got it in my local library in North Dublin.

Unfortunately I can't remember the author, a catholic priest who wrote histories of Blackrock and maybe other parishes.

If you can track it down, it laid out in great detail, when churches were built, made in to parishes, divided etc.

The Diocesan Directory 2006 gives the following
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DONNYBROOK(Sacred Heart) constituted 1876 from Irishtown, Ringsend and Donnybrook .... so although built in 1865, it was chapel of ease, not a parish, until 1876/77.

HADDINGTON ROAD (St Mary's) constituted 1876 from parish of Irishtown, Ringsend, Donnybrook and Sandymount

IRISHTOWN ... nothing

RINGSEND (St Patrick) constituted 1905 from Sandymount within the original parish of Irishtown, Ringsend and Donnybrook

SANDYMOUNT (St Mary Star of the Sea) constituted 1851

I suppose they used the old St Mary's in Donnybrook Village until it got too decrepit - from Catholic Emancipation in 1829 more Churches were built ... perhaps Sandymount first 1851 ... then perhaps the parish was split 3 ways in 1876

(In the suburbs in 1970s this splitting was still going on, the old Parish of Baldoyle now has at least three parishes ... )

I hope this hasn't confused things still further!!

eadaoin

[annieoburns]

"Brief Histories of the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook"  by Rev Beaver Blacker  1874

I think there might be an online version of this?

There were two old St Mary's churches on the same site adjoining and surronded by the graveyard beside the modern day garda station.  One was Roman Catholic and the other Protestant.  By 1830, the Protestant church of St Mary's had relocated to the corner of Simmonscourt Road and the old church was dismantled.  The catholic 'chapel' was situated on what is now the garda station.  The new RC church of Sacred Heart on the Donnybrook Road was opened in August 1866.

[shanew147]

"Brief Histories of the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook"  by Rev Beaver Blacker  1874

I think there might be an online version of this? ....

here's a link to an online version :  http://www.rootschat.com/links/0735/


Shane

[eadaoin]

"Brief Histories of the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook"  by Rev Beaver Blacker  1874

I think there might be an online version of this? ....

here's a link to an online version :  http://www.rootschat.com/links/0735/
Shane

I've just been looking at this - I don't think it's the book I'm thinking of, which was more the RC history of the parish (I think he may have borrowed a bit from Blacker). Also, my recollection was that it was a later book - maybe 1880s ... but i read it several years ago, so I could be wrong

eadaoin
found it! I should never file stuff under Miscellaneous!!

http://openlibrary.org/b/OL4491180M/Short_histories_of_Dublin_parishes

and Google ... Donnelly "Short_histories_of_Dublin_parishes"

[helkar]

Shane, eadaoin, quaxer - and all who have given me help - leaving me with plenty to read and sort thru.    My next step is certainly a visit to dublin.
Thank you
helkar

p.s.  I'm looking at parish registers because I cannot find a marriage in the BMDs - even though it was around 1872-1875.