Places of Worship

St.Josephs Church

 In 1898, St Joseph's Parish Church was built. Archbishop Walsh laid down its foundation stone. Although most churches at the time (1800's) were built in a Gothic fashion, St Joseph's parish church was built in a Romanesque style.  

Mr. Harry Clarke erected a new stained glass window in the church of Saint Joseph, Terenure, to the memory of the late Major Gorman and Edward and Jeannie de Verdon Corcoran. He also made the windows in the Harry Clarke room in Bewleys in Grafton Street. The design of the window is most unusual. Heaven is shown above and earth below with a great dome separating them. In the centre of the creation is Calvary flanked on either side with a sore of Irish saints facing the centre and absorbed in prayers.The lower portions are dominated by rich blues and green mauves which sparkle as it were in bright sunlight.   Higher up behind the Christ is a band of dark green trees silhouetted against an orange sky shot with an angry red.

Methodist Church

The foundation stone was laid on 12th February 1874 and the church opened for public worship on the 7th of August that year. After the First World War the church was enlarged and a stone laying ceremony was held on the 20th of September 1924. This comprised the War Memorial Window and the memorial.

Synagogue

There are about 1500 Jews in Ireland at the present and most of them live in Dublin. The Synagogue in Terenure is of quite an impressive design. The architect was Wilfrid Cantwell. It is oblong in shape with five, star shaped windows. The consecration took place in August 1953.

Zion Church

Zion Church was first opened for public worship on 1st November 1861. John Gold Esq. of Cullenwood, who left money in his will for the purpose, endowed it. Galleries were added in 1870 which 'not only added to the comfort and accommodation of the congregation but have also diminished the currents of air in the Church'.