Inside the Saint Audoen’s Church

I was outside admiring the facade of Saint Audoen’s Church. From the outside, it has the look of a government building as opposed to a church. The Corinthian columns of the church soar high giving it the look of the Parthenon. I was quite content to just looking at it from the outside that I didn’t really have any interest to go inside. However, the rain started to pour, so I rushed inside the church building. Fortunately, it was open. What I immediately noticed that there were signs there there that weren’t in English. I think I have seen Irish language long enough to know that it wasn’t Irish either, with its liberal use of the letter Z I thought would be something Eastern European, like Polish. A post visit research revealed that it is indeed Polish. They seem to have a sizable Polish community there.

The inside of the church was surprisingly much like any other Catholic church. Not really surprising since this church was originally a Catholic church, however, due to the repression of Catholics in that time, the Protestants soon took over the church. Much of the church seems to have been restored as there was a period that the church was neglected that is until the church was restored in the later 1800s. It seems that there is a museum here which showcases so artifacts from the original church. Unfortunately, I wasn’t aware of this and I wasn’t able to visit it. I waited until the rain died down before I continued on my exploration of Dublin.

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