Chapel

The National Monuments Service's description

The precise location of the chapel of St Margaret in the precinct of St John's Priory and Hospital (DU018-020062-) has not been identified (Clarke 2002, 20). In 1540 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries the Hospital of St. John Baptist outside the New Gate (DU018-020377-), Dublin was described as follows; 'The church and site. After the dissolution, the church was thrown down, and the stones, tiles, timber, glass, and iron were sold by William Brabazon under-treasurer of Ireland to divers persons of the city of Dublin, whose names, and the sums paid by them, are not known. In the precinct, a house lately the chapel of St. Eligius (Eloi) [DU018-020703-], now occupied by Edmund Redman. A chapel of St. Margaret, now unoccupied for want of a tenant and of repairs, and worth nothing at present' (White 1943, 55-6). The site of St. Margaret's Chapel was probably located on the N side of Thomas Street in the area now occupied by the Augustinian friary of St John and the buildings to the E and W of the friary.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 28 June 2023

References

Clarke, H.B. 1978 Dublin c. 840 - c. 1540: the medieval town in the modern city. Dublin.

Clarke, H.B. (ed.) 2002 Dublin, Part 1, to 1610. Irish Historic Towns Atlas, No. 11. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.

White, N.B. 1943 Extents of Irish monastic possessions, 1540-1541. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.