# St Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin

St. Andrew's Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland. Construction started in 1832, it opened for public worship in 1834 but was not completed until 1837.

## History

The architect appointed to design the church was John Bolger. However, he used the plans for a previous church, in Townsend Street, which had been designed by James Leeson. Assistance was received from Francis Johnston and James Lever. The roof was by Richard Turner. The exterior of the church has a Doric portico with a statue of St. Andrew, sculpted by John Smyth (1776–1840), son of Edward Smyth (d.1812), sculptor of the Riverine heads at the Custom House.
On 7 January 1940 ornamentation fell from the ceiling, which prompted an investigation and refurbishment. This started in 1942 when the interior was renovated and painted. All sculptures were restored at the same time.
Dominic Corrigan (1802–1880), a noted physician, is buried in the crypt of the church.

## Organ

The organ of St. Andrew's was built by John White of Dublin in 1870–1 at a cost of £1,000. It is a large three-manual instrument, notable for containing ten ranks of pipework from the workshop of the renowned French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The original pneumatic-assisted mechanical action was removed during a rebuild in the 1950s and replaced with an electro-pneumatic system.

### Specification

I. Choir :
| Gedeckt | 8′ |
| Viol de Gamba | 8′ |
| Flute | 4′ |
| Piccolo | 2′ |
| Larigot | 1 $^1$/$_3$′ |
| Clarinet | 8′ |
| Swell to Choir ||
II. Great :
| Double Open Diapason | 16′ |
| Open Diapason | 8′ |
| Stopped Diapason | 8′ |
| Harmonic Flute | 8′ |
| Principal | 4′ |
| Harmonic Flute | 4′ |
| Twelfth | 2 $^2$/$_3$′ |
| Fifteenth | 2′ |
| Tierce | 1 $^3$/$_5$′ |
| Mixture | IV |
| Cimbel | II |
| Trumpet | 8′ |
| Clarion | 4′ |
| Swell to Great ||
| Swell Octave to Great ||
| Choir to Great ||
III. Swell :
| Open Diapason | 8′ |
| Flute | 8′ |
| Salicional | 8′ |
| Voix Celestes | 8′ |
| Principal | 4′ |
| Mixture | III |
| Oboe | 8′ |
| Vox Humana | 8′ |
| Trumpet | 8′ |
| Clarion | 4′ |
| Tremulant ||
| Swell Sub Octave ||
| Swell Octave ||
Pedal :
| Open Diapason | 16′ |
| Bourdon | 16′ |
| Octave | 8′ |
| Choral Bass | 4′ |
| Fagot | 16′ |
| Fagot | 8′ |
| Swell to Pedal ||
| Great to Pedal ||
| Choir to Pedal ||

### Organists

* P.W. Gormley
* Alois Volkmer
* Joseph Seymour
* Louis O'Brien
* Carole O'Connor
* Aleksandr Nisse

## Gallery

* View towards sanctuary
* View towards rear
* View from transept
* Side chapel
* Statue of Andrew the Apostle
* Stephen B. Kelleher Memorial

## References and sources
### Notes

* 1 2 Watson, p. 23
* ↑ Casey, p. 9
* ↑ Watson, p. 31
* ↑ McKeever, Alexis Paul (2012). Aspects of organ-building in Ireland in the nineteenth century, referencing White, Telford, and post-emancipation choral practice (PhD thesis). University of Limerick.
* ↑ Ferris, Catherine (2011). The Use of Newspapers as a Source for Musicological Research: A Case Study of Dublin Musical Life 1840–44 (PhD thesis). National University of Ireland Maynooth.
* 1 2 Deacy, Mary Regina (2005). Continental Organists and Catholic Church Music in Ireland, 1860-1960 (Masters thesis). National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

### Sources

* Gilbert, John (1854). A History of the City of Dublin. Oxford: Oxford University.
* George Newenham Wright An Historical Guide to the City of Dublin
* Watson, Elizabeth (2007). St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row. Dublin: self.
* Casey, Christine (2005). Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park. Yale: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10923-7.
* Curtis, Joe (1992). Times, Chimes and Charms of Dublin. Dublin: Verge Books.