- Address
- St. Alphonsus Avenue, Dublin 9
- Type
- Monastery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50130173
Chapelgate
St. Alphonsus Avenue, Dublin 9, Glasnevin
About Chapelgate
Chapelgate is one of 127 buildings in Glasnevin the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Chapelgate to 1870–1875. 39 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The former Monastery of St. Alphonsus is a handsome neo-Classical building, built for the Redemptoristine Nuns of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer to designs by distinguished church architect George Ashlin (1837-1921), former pupil and partner of Pugin.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50130173 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50130173↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
Glasnevin · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies
7 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Glasnevin: more churches on the record
Just 600 m away stands St. Patrick's College Chapel (New), in Drumcondra. There are 8 with photos within 40 km.
Questions about Chapelgate
Is Chapelgate on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50130173).
Can you visit Chapelgate?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Chapelgate built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1870–1875.
Is Chapelgate protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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