All Saints Church, Grangegorman

All Saints, Grangegorman
Location	Phibsborough Road, Dublin
Country	Republic of Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
History
Founded	1828
Dedication	All Saints
Architecture
Architect(s)	John Semple (1828)
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough
Province	Province of Dublin
Clergy
Archdeacon	David Pierpoint

All Saints Church, Grangegorman is a Church of Ireland church located in Dublin, Ireland. It was built in 1828 according to the designs put forward by John Semple and formed as a parish in 1829 from the areas of St. Michan's and St. Paul's. It is a constituent member of the Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Parish Group alongside St. Michan's Church, Dublin and St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin. This church in noteworthy on the basis that it is numbered among the first in Ireland to worship according to Tractarian Principles and was the subject of protest and sanction by the Protestant community in Ireland in the 19th century.

The church, originally designed by John Semple, was later remodelled by Thomas Drew between 1856-1889 according to Tractarian principles. This amounted to the redesign of the chancel in 1856 and the addition of the baptistery in 1889. The church also boasts a fine number of stained glass windows designed by A. L. Moore installed during the 1880s and 1890s. The church was devastated by fire in 1966 and a number of notable features were lost including the 19th century roofing.

In 1920 a triptych war memorial was installed to commemorate those members of the parish who died in war. On the Southward facing external wall of the church a panel depicting St. Michael, by An Túr Gloine artist Ethel Rhind, was installed in 1921 associated with a World War I memorial located within the Church. At the back of the church a memorial to George Tyrrell was installed. Born into the community of All Saints, he later converted to Roman Catholicism and was ordained as a Jesuit priest before being excommunicated for modernist views challenging, amongst others, the doctrine of Papal Infallibility. When he was denied a Catholic burial the community of All Saints facilitated his funeral.

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