St Michaels Church, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.
Route 2.
St Michael’s, Dun Laoghaire.
Saint Michael’s church Dun Laoghaire which is situated on the junction of Georges Street and Marine road,
with the main body of the church building running down Marine road
toward the seafront. The older church had a damaging fire during the1960s
and was rebuilt, except the tower and steeple, in the early 1970s.
The tower seen in the image above
is the only remaining part of the original church
Inside the church are a number of exceptional images and statues along
with
a number of shrines. What I would term the central nave does not run, as
might
be expected from the main door to the altar, but rather from the southern
wall to the altar.
There is to be also found a slightly unusual baptismal font just inside
the main entrance
to the church. The church building has a number of bus services passing
up Marine road including the No 75 and the 46A.
(This route might now be serviced instead by E2 spine/branch route.)
The church is still in practical daily use, with the mornings given
over to Mass,
some Rosary groups in some
churches, and funerals. So unless I intended to
fully attend mass I
would normally keep my three
Saints
visits to the
afternoons, this is after the 12noon Angelus and before 3.30pm approximately.
Route 2. Dun Laoghaire church.
Some internal features of St Michael's.
