The Story Of Our Parish St Peters Dublin

Author : James Mills
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ISBN 13 : 9781332295371
Total Pages : 492 pages
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Download or read book The Register of the Parish of St. Peter and S. Kevin, Dublin, 1669-1761 (Classic Reprint) written by James Mills and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Register of the Parish of St. Peter and S. Kevin, Dublin, 1669-1761 The district in which the old churches of S.Peter and S. Kevin were situated is one of much interest in the history of Dublin. Long surrounded by the crowded streets of the modern city, there lay when the Normans came to Ireland an area not half-a-mile from north to south by barely a quarter from east to west which then contained five parish churches. We know nothing directly of its people, but the fact that of these five churches four certainly were Irish foundations, assures us that here was the ancient Irish city.S. Patrick's, S.Bridget s, S. Kevin's are undoubted Irish dedications. S.Michael s-of-the-Pool, whether or not an Irish dedication, is proved by its Round Tower, which stood till late in the eighteenth century, to have been an Irish foundation. Thus, if the tradition be true that S. Patrick founded his church in Dublin city, this district must have been that early Irish Dublin, rather than the Norse town nearer the Liffey, in which there is no Early Irish church. On a ridge to the north stood the fortified Ostman or Norse town. Outside its walls the deep hollow, through which the stream of the Poddle flows, separated it from the Irish town. This hollow is very noticeable at the junction of S. Werburgh and S. Bride Streets, but the level of the surface now is much above the ancient one, the Poddle now flowing in a deep tunnel some twenty feet below the present surface. From the old level of the stream. Sheep or Ship Street rose by a steep ascent towards oldS. Peters church, which was hence called S.Peter de Monte, or of t.he Hill. This old church stood some distance to the north of the present church, between the north part of Aungier Street and Upper Stephen Street. Of old the parish must have extended from the present Castle Garden to about the southern end of Aungier Street, and from Whitefriar Street eastward, it is not known how far. Soon after the Norman Settlement, a leper hospital, dedicated to S.Stephen, was founded in S. Peters parish, and endowed with adjoining lands. The tenants of this hospital were freed from parochial ties, and the Master of the hospital came to be regarded as their rector, and the hospital lands were in time treated as a distinct parish. In the beginning of the fourteenth century S. Peters parish narrowly escaped extinction. The Carmelites had made a settlement in the parish late in the thirteenth century, and the Archbishop of Dublin, in whose patronage the rectory of S.Peter slay, proposed to help them by giving to them the church of S.Peter, apparently to be their convent chapel, together with certain land belonging to it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.