St Audoen’s Church and Visitor Centre

Over het museum

St Audoen’s is the only surviving medieval parish church in Dublin. It was founded after the Anglo-Norman arrival in the late twelfth century and is dedicated to Audoen, or Ouen, a seventh-century bishop of Rouen who is the patron saint of Normandy. The church stood close to the centre of the walled city, and papal bulls were proclaimed and public penances carried out here.

Over the centuries the building was extended with a longer nave, a chancel and a guild chapel dedicated to St Anne, which was run by a powerful medieval fraternity. In the late fifteenth century Sir Roland Fitz-Eustace, Baron Portlester, added a chapel of his own, and his richly carved tomb and that of his wife still stands in the church. By the nineteenth century parts of the building had fallen into ruin, and parts of it were closed off or left without a roof.

Today part of the church is still used for worship by the Church of Ireland, while the rest is cared for by the Office of Public Works as a heritage site. The visitor centre in the Guild Chapel of St Anne holds an award-winning exhibition on the church and its importance to medieval Dublin, together with a replica of one of the church’s bells, which are more than 600 years old.

Hoogtepunten

• Dublin’s only remaining medieval parish church
• Award-winning exhibition in the Guild Chapel of St Anne
• Fifteenth-century tomb of Baron Portlester and his wife
• Replica of a bell more than 600 years old
• Free admission in the heart of the medieval city

Vaste collectie

• St Audoen’s exhibition in the Guild Chapel of St Anne – An exhibition on the importance of St Audoen’s Church to life in medieval Dublin, set in the former guild chapel.

Beheerder

Office of Public Works (Heritage Ireland)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission to the church and the visitor centre is free.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Heritage Ireland describes access for visitors with disabilities as partial. Only assistance dogs are admitted.

Kinderen & gezin

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The church is on Cornmarket, near High Street and close to Christ Church Cathedral.

Service & horeca

Toilets are listed among the facilities.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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