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Merchant's Quay 5, D8
(Franciscan Church Adam & Eve)

St. Francis of Assisi

born Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone
(1181/82 - 1226)
Italian friar and preacher. He founded among others the Franciscan Order. Saint Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history
(Wikipedia)

Seamus Murphy
date?

Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath / St. Francis of Assisi

Description

Stone statue of St. Francis above the entrance of the Franciscan Church Adam & Eve.

Signature

seamus murphy

Sculptor

Seamus Murphy - S. Ó Murcada (Burnfort near Mallow, Co. Cork 1907 - Cork 1975), Irish sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Neal Doherty, The Complete Guide to the Statues and Sculptures of Dublin City (Blackrock: Orpen Press, 2015), no. C30.
Franciscans Dublin, Website.
The Catholic Heritage Association of Ireland, Adam and Eve (Church of the Immaculate Conception) Merchant's Quay.
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Church of the Immaculate Conception, 5-7 Merchants' Quay, Cook Street, Dublin 8.

Locatie (N 53°20'41" - W 6°16'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie346; Photograph: 21 June 2023
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