St. Matthais' Church

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St. Matthias's Church was a Church of Ireland church located on Hatch Street in Dublin. It was established in 1842 by Rev.

Maurice Day (who later became Bishop of Cashel and Waterford). Rev. Day served in St.

Matthias's until 1868. The church was a Proprietary Church funded by lay people, administered by a group of trustees, and used as a chapel of ease. The Church was designed by the architect Daniel Robertson.

The foundation stone was laid by the Archbishop of Dublin Richard Whately on February 24, 1842. The land was given to the church by Rev. Sir Samuel Synge-Hutchinson, 3rd Baronet who lived on nearby Harcourt Street.

The Church was originally intended to be part of a development called Wellington Square, which was never built. The adjacent land was sold to the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) company for the development of Harcourt Street station, with the railway line opening in 1859. St.

Matthias’s Parish would have included, Earlsfort Terrace, Hatch Street, Adelaide Road, Harcourt Street and Terrace, as well as part of the South Circular Road. Following the Church's closure, the parish was merged with the parish of St. Audoen.

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