Mass-house in Dublin South City

17th-century mass-houses located in High Street the precise location of which have not been identified (Lennon 2008, 23). According to Donnelly (1904, 4-5); 'The first official document, which gives us a list of the actual places in which Mass was accustomed to be offered in the reign of James I., is a Government list of the Catholic Clergy in 1618. The list is a very incomplete one, but it certifies a few of the private houses that served as temporary chapels. "The Places" it says, " of most public note, whereunto the priests resort for Mass in Dublin, are : — "A back room of Nicholas Queitrot's, in High Street. A back room of Cary, in High Street. A back room of Widow O'Hagan in High Street". ' Donnelly (ibid., 7) stated that; 'Early in 1630, Bulkeley drew up a report of all the Mass-houses in the diocese, which gives us interesting information regarding some of the chapels of that day. Thus the Chapel that served for St. Michael's parish was situated at the rere of Mr. George Taylor's house, between High Street and Back Lane'. Donnelly, N. 1904 Roman Catholics: state and condition of Roman Catholic chapels in Dublin, both secular and regular AD 1749. Dublin. Lennon, C. 1989 The Lords of Dublin in the Age of Reformation. Irish Academic Press. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 July 2023