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born in Dublin. James was a Graduate of Trinity College and in
1901 was living at Edenvale Road, Rathmines/Rathgar.

St Patrick’s Parish Hall

There was no Church Hall until the late 1950’s. Church
functions were held in the School building (often referred to as
‘the Schoolroom’) before this. Trafalgar Hall (later St Kilian’s
Hall) on Trafalgar Road was offered to the parish, but was
declined by the Select Vestry. It had been built on the site of the
Greystones Orange Lodge. St Patrick’s Hall was built on
Kimberley Road at the rear of Liscarrig House in 1958, the
foundation stone being laid by Archbishop Simms. Liscarrig
House had been willed as a retirement home for retired Clergy
and their wives by Mrs Violet McVittie, the widow of Robert Blake
McVittie. She also left money for the Parish Hall to be built. The
Architect was John Herbert Brown, an Architect based in
Molesworth Street in Dublin. He later designed the offices for
The Commissioners of Irish Lights on Pembroke Street in Dublin.
The contractors of the Church Hall were Messrs James Scott
and Co.

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