Kill Lane, Foxrock.

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Kill Lane, Foxrock.

 

 

 

 

Building started on the present day church at Foxrock in the early 1930s and was

completed in 1935 when the the church was blessed and opened. It is positioned

on a corner site of the N11 dual carriageway and Kill Lane. It has some very well

kept landscaped grounds surrounding it. Locally sourced Wicklow/Dublin granite

was used to construct the church in what is known as the Romanesque style.

The outside of the church, visually, gives no indication of the beautiful features which are within.

 

There is a large paid car park to the eastern side of the church

with access from Kill Lane.

The Parish centre is situated to the back of the church which is used for a number

of parish activities, it has a hall and a number of rooms of various sizes and a bright

and welcoming coffee dock which is open mornings 10am to 12 noon weekdays

and Sunday mornings.

 

 

 

 

St Patrick is the patron saint

of the parish (Pastoral) centre at Foxrock church.

Saint Patrick was born in Britain, then under Roman rule, in the latter

part of the fourth century. When Patrick was in his teens he was captured

by a group of Irish raiders and brought to Ireland to be sold in to work as

a shepherd. He made his escape after six years and managed to return to Britain.

After 15 years training in the religious life he returned to Ireland, firstly as a ordained

priest, to minister to and convert the Irish to Christianity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kill Lane, Foxrock.