List of parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin

The Archdiocese of Dublin is a Catholic archdiocese located in eastern Ireland, with a geographical remit comprising the city and traditional county of Dublin, most of County Wicklow and parts of counties Carlow, Kildare, Laois and Wexford. Structure In 1975, the archdiocese comprised 163 parishes, but as of 2009, the number of parishes had risen to 200. One of these parishes is non-territorial, providing services to the Traveller community. The other 199 parishes had been grouped into sixteen deaneries since 2004, with pastoral responsibility for each of these deaneries resting with a number of auxiliary bishops or episcopal vicars. Each individual deanery is led by a vicar forane, whose responsibility it is to ease the administrative burden on the Archbishop. Following the establishment of the Building Hope task force by Archbishop Dermot Farrell in April 2021, the parishes were restructured into 53 parish partnerships within fifteen deaneries, which were shared with parishes in the first week of Advent 2022. Deaneries Under the pastoral responsibility of Canon Liam Rigney Blessington The Blessington deanery is located in the civil county of South Dublin and the traditional counties of Carlow, Kildare, Laois and Wicklow. The vicar forane is Fr. John Gilligan. South Dublin The South Dublin deanery is located entirely within the eponymous civil county. The vicar forane is Fr. Philip Bradley. Tallaght The Tallaght deanery is located entirely within the civil county of South Dublin. The vicar forane is Fr. William O’Shaughnessy. Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Richard Sheehy Blanchardstown The Blanchardstown deanery is located entirely within the civil county of Fingal. The vicar forane is Fr. Damian McNeice. Fingal North The Fingal North deanery is located entirely within the civil county of Fingal. The vicar forane is Canon John McNamara. Maynooth The Maynooth deanery is located in the civil county of South Dublin and the traditional county of Kildare. The vicar forane is Fr. Kieran Coghlan. Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Paul Thornton Fingal South East The Fingal South East deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal. The vicar forane is Fr. Michael O'Grady. Fingal South West The Fingal South West deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal. The vicar forane is Fr. Frank Reburn. Howth The Howth deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal. The vicar forane is Fr. Martin Noone. Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Donal Roche Bray The Bray deanery is located within the civil county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and the traditional county of Wicklow. The vicar forane is Fr. Aquinas Duffy. Donnybrook The Donnybrook deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. The vicar forane is Fr. Fergus O’Connor. Wicklow The Wicklow deanery is located within the traditional counties of Wexford and Wicklow. The vicar forane is Fr. Derek Doyle. Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Enda Cunningham Cullenswood The Cullenswood deanery is located entirely within the city of Dublin. The vicar forane is Fr. Paul Taylor. North City Centre The North City Centre deanery is located entirely within the city of Dublin. The vicar forane is Fr. Kieran McDermott. South City Centre The South City Centre deanery is located entirely within the city of Dublin. The vicar forane is Fr. Seán Ford. Other parishes There is also a diocese-wide parish of the Travelling People, which was established by Archbishop Dermot Ryan in 1980 in response to the unique pastoral needs of the Traveller community in the archdiocese. The parish is under the pastoral care of Fr. Paul O'Driscoll. Notes and references Notes References