Saint Francis Xavier Church, Dublin
- Saint Francis Xavier Church, Dublin
Saint Francis Xavier Church, popularly known as "Gardiner Street Church", is a Roman Catholic Church on Upper Gardiner Street. The first stone was laid in 1829, the year of the Catholic Relief Act, and the church opened in 1832.
The church is run by the Jesuits.
The church features in James Joyce's short story "Grace" from "Dubliners".
External links
* [http://www.eiretek.org/chapters/books//NorthDub/cosgrave6.html Chapter VI of Dillon Cosgraves' North Dublin, mentioning the building of the church]
* [http://www.gardinerstparish.ie/ Official website of the church]
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