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17th-century mass-house located in Bridge Street the precise location of which has not been identified. 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 Mr. Plunkett, in Bridge street"
Lennon (2008, 23) recorded that there was a Mass-house on Bridge St. Upper W., probably in Fitzsimon’s Tower. Mass house c. 1610 (Gilbert 1854, Vol. 1, 262)
Donnelly, N. 1904 Roman Catholics: state and condition of Roman Catholic chapels in Dublin, both secular and regular AD 1749. Dublin.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 4 July 2023
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