St Catherine's Church, Dublin, Church of Ireland church on Thomas Street, Dublin, Ireland

St Catherine's Church is a Church of Ireland church on Thomas Street, built between 1760 and 1769 to designs by John Smyth. Its mountain granite façade has four Doric semi-columns supporting a pediment, with coupled pilasters at the ends; a planned spire was never built for lack of funds. Inside, it is a galleried church.

St Catherine's began as a chapel-of-ease to the Augustinian Abbey of St Thomas; a separate parish was created by the end of the 13th century. The abbey was dissolved in 1539 under Henry VIII, and the church passed to the reformed church. The present building was erected between 1760 and 1769 to designs by John Smyth at a cost of £7,000. It closed in 1966, was deconsecrated in 1967, and was reconsecrated in November 1998 after restoration by the CORE group.

The church is on Thomas Street, named after the Augustinian abbey of St Thomas from which the area's main route took its name. Its cemetery, dating to 1552, holds a plot provided by the Protestant Orphan Society for burying orphans, and a memorial to those hanged after the 1803 Rising, some on Thomas Street itself.

St Catherine's stands on Thomas Street, on the old Slí Mhór route west out of Dublin. The churchyard and cemetery behind the church date from 1552, burials stopped in 1894, and the ground is now a small public park. Look for the plot the Protestant Orphan Society set aside for orphans and the memorial to those hanged after the 1803 Rising.

The adjacent cemetery grounds preserve memorials to people who took part in the 1803 Rising, connecting the site directly to a pivotal moment in Irish history. These graves tell the stories of individuals who lived and fought during that time.