Parish of ST PETER'S C of I Dublin

[BillW]

I have some family who were baptised in the mid 1800s at


Diocese of Dublin,

Parish of St Peter's C of I.


I am having difficulty locating this church and hopefully some photos.  Does it still exist?

Thanks, Bill.

[Oaks and Acorns]

Have a look here - http://www.dublinchurches.com/churches/start.htm

Dara.

[shanew147]

some info on the location of a St.Peters Church Dublin - from Thom's 1894.. I believe this is probably the parish church for St. Peters

Aungier St - Civil Parish, St. Peters
 St. Peters, (Established church/CofI) between no 53 and 54
   Rev. Morgan Woodward Jellet, M.A.

It seems that church was demolished -  see : http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/irhismys/emmet.htm

The church is included on one of the maps I've scanned - see screenshot below. The full 1912 map is online at : http://www.rootschat.com/links/07tj/




Shane

[LH]

Good news is that information from St Peter's Church Dublin can be obtained from the RCB Library in Dublin.  Records exist for Births 1669-1974, Marriages 1670-1975 and Deaths 1670-1883.

Cheers

[shanew147]

also available online (free) at - http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/


Shane

[BillW]

Thank you all for your most helpful replies, in addition to an old picture in the Emmet story contributed by Shane.

It now appears that St PETER'S was demolished but it was in the St STEPHEN'S GREEN district, about halfway in a direct line between St PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL and St Stephens Green.

In the 1912 map also supplied by Shane, the street to its west is shown as WHITEFRIARS  Street, and there was also a CARMELITE convent adjacent.  But now having located its former location, in a more modern map, that part of Whitefriars Street is now shown as PETER ROW.  Leading off this, towards St Patrick's Cathedral, is PETER STREET.

So, without doubt this is an ecclesiastical area of very long standing and the name PETER is lasting well after the church.

What sent me to this is a discovery at IrishGenealogy of some baptisms at St Peter's in the 1840s.  I now think that there may have been more that are not showing at that site and am therefore keen to get to the RCB Library "one day".

Again, many thanks to you all for pointing me to what I needed to know.

Bill
Sydney

[BillW]

With such a helpful crew, may I ask a followup question.

In 1872, a baptism was recorded at St Catherine's C of I, father Robert Halpin, carpenter.

The address shown is 6 GREENVILE TERRACE.

I think that this may have been a mistranscription.  Could it have been Greville, or Grenville, and where might this have been please?

Thanks in advance

Bill.

[Oaks and Acorns]

Greenville Terrace was off Greenville Place which was off the SCR.

See http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,419744.0.html

Dara.

[BillW]

I see it.  Thank you.