Church of St. Nicholas of Myra

The original timber church was built during the 1100s, Franciscans replaced it with stone in 1235. Following destruction in the Dissolution, Franciscans reacquired the property and the church was rebuilt following Catholic emancipation. (Francis Street still carries the Franciscan name. ) Built between 1829-34, the present church was originally more austere, before the portico and campanile were added in 1860. It is the only church in Dublin that has preserved two complete sets of communion rails. A Pieta dominates the interior which has a neoclassical Italian altar flanked by angels. The church served as diocesan Pro-Cathedral for about 100 years, from the 1690s until around 1790.