What is recorded here

St Patrick's Church in County Dublin stands on the old Donabate parish site, where a 1275 reference mentions Grey Friars and a 1654 survey still found church walls. The 1758 building keeps a fifteenth-century pointed doorway in its porch, fitting medieval stone into an eighteenth-century frame. In 1838, remains of the earlier church still lay beside the present building, suggesting worship continued through loss, rebuild and change rather than disappearing at once.

St Patrick's Church of Ireland church (1758) occupies the site of the medieval parish Church of Donabate. A reference from 1275 says there was a monastery of Grey Friars there (Walsh 1888, 196). The Civil Survey (1654-6) mentions the walls of a parish church (Simington 1945, 49). In 1838 there were still some remains of the earlier church to be seen alongside the present building (D'Alton 1838, 324-7). The 18th century church porch incorporates a medieval doorway (c.15th century) with a pointed arch of chamfered limestone and a plain stop. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015

St Patrick's Church on the site of Donabate was originally built as a medieval parish church, later replaced by the present Church of Ireland church in 1758; the site is associated with a 13th-century Grey Friars monastery mentioned in 1275.

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