Church of St. John the Evangelist, Dublin, Church building in Fishamble Street, Dublin, Ireland.
The Church of St. John the Evangelist occupied the west side of Fishamble Street and featured oak galleries with detailed architectural elements throughout its interior. The space accommodated 42 family pews and contained two dedicated chapels, one dedicated to St. Mary and another serving the tailors guild.
Founded in 1168 by Giolla Michell, the church underwent several reconstructions, with the most significant renovation occurring in 1773 under architect George Ensor's direction. This transformation shaped the building's appearance during its final centuries of operation.
The church held close ties to local craft guilds, particularly the tailors who maintained their own chapel within its walls. These connections reveal how religious life and professional communities intersected in the medieval city.
The church stood on the west side of Fishamble Street, north of the medieval core near Christ Church; the graveyard lay immediately to its north. The building was demolished in 1884, so nothing of the church itself remains to visit. Its successor, the Mission Hall by James Franklin Fuller, dates from 1886 on the same site.
John Atherton, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, was executed on Oxmantown Green on 5 December 1640 and had asked to be buried "in a rubbish dump in the corner of the churchyard in Fishamble St". His grave lay among an estimated 12,500 burials in the churchyard north of the church, where the last recorded interment was Elizabeth Frances McAusland in 1850.
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