St. Thomas's Church (old), Dublin


St. Thomas's Church in Marlborough Street, Dublin was a Church of Ireland parish church. It was replaced by a new church, St. Thomas's Church, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin, in 1930.

The church

St Thomas's Church was built in 1758-62 in Marlborough Street when the parish of St. Mary's was divided to cope with increased population. The architect of this church was Mr. John Smith. The design is modelled on Palladio's Il Redentore in Venice. £2000 was granted by Parliament for the building of the church, and later another thousand pounds to finish it off. At the time it was considered to have the most beautiful facade of any church in the city.
The Church was gutted by fire which destroyed most of Upper Sackville Street in the Civil War in July 1922. Although the main structure survived the opportunity was taken to extend Gloucester Street up to O'Connell Street.
In 1866 Rev. John Grainger from St. Thomas's, moved to the found the new Church in Sherrif St., East Wall St. Barnabas' Church, Dublin.
The new St Thomas's Church was erected in Cathal Brugha Street in 1930.

The parish

There were 17,108 inhabitants in St. Thomas's parish in 1825.

Burials