Christ Church, (Carysfort Chapel) Carysfort Avenue & The Parsonage
Christ Church was located on the corner of Carysfort Avenue and what is now the
Blackrock bypass. Rev Thomas Kelly built the church with his own funds and opened it as a
'Dissenting Chapel' in 1814. This break away group from the Church of Ireland were known
as Kellyites. The church closed for a time but was reopened by 1827 and enlarged in 1839.
The Trust governing Christ Church was put an end to 'for the time being' and it was vested in
the Representative Church Body in 1892. It was united with Booterstown in 1944. Archbishop
G O Simms ordered the church closed after a special committee of the Representative Church
Body submitted a report. The Church closed in March 1960 despite a lengthy court case in
which the parishioners tried in vain to keep the church open, it was demolished circa 1961.
Part of the railings still survive, and the marble pulpit and reading desk, erected in memory of
Rev Rambaut were gifted to the Church of Drumcar, Co Louth. The granite cross which stood
outside was moved to SS Philip & James on Cross avenue in 1962. The cross was erected in
memory of seven Carysfort parishioners who died in WW1.
Occupants/Incumbents
1802 - 1817 Rev Thomas Kelly
1835 Rev William Hare - Chaplin Carysfort Chapel
1837 - 1843 Rev James W K Disney - Assistant Chaplain of Carysfort Chapel
1838 - 1843 Rev Robert Fetherstone Jessop, Chaplin of Carysfort Episopal Church
1843 - 1844 Rev William Edwin Ormsby, Chaplin of Carysfort Episcopal Church
1843 William St George Sargent - Assistant Chaplain of Carysfort Chapel
1846 - 1871 Rev Francis Heaton Thomas - Incumbent of Christ Church, Carysfort
1871 - 1893 Rev Edmund Francis Rambaut
1893 - 1924 Rev Thomas Pearson
1924 - 1933 Rev George Ruddell Elliott - Incumbent of Christ Church, Carysfort
living at Prince Edward Terrace
1933 - 1960 Canon E M Bateman - Incumbent of Christ Church & Booterstown
1952 Rev W G Davis - Curate Assistant of Christ Church & Booterstown
Organists
1855 George W Torrance
Sextons
1901 - 1905 John Bishop
Church
Registers Baptisms & Marriages
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2016
Christ Church was located on the corner of Carysfort Avenue and what is now the
Blackrock bypass. Rev Thomas Kelly built the church with his own funds and opened it as a
'Dissenting Chapel' in 1814. This break away group from the Church of Ireland were known
as Kellyites. The church closed for a time but was reopened by 1827 and enlarged in 1839.
The Trust governing Christ Church was put an end to 'for the time being' and it was vested in
the Representative Church Body in 1892. It was united with Booterstown in 1944. Archbishop
G O Simms ordered the church closed after a special committee of the Representative Church
Body submitted a report. The Church closed in March 1960 despite a lengthy court case in
which the parishioners tried in vain to keep the church open, it was demolished circa 1961.
Part of the railings still survive, and the marble pulpit and reading desk, erected in memory of
Rev Rambaut were gifted to the Church of Drumcar, Co Louth. The granite cross which stood
outside was moved to SS Philip & James on Cross avenue in 1962. The cross was erected in
memory of seven Carysfort parishioners who died in WW1.
Occupants/Incumbents
1802 - 1817 Rev Thomas Kelly
1835 Rev William Hare - Chaplin Carysfort Chapel
1837 - 1843 Rev James W K Disney - Assistant Chaplain of Carysfort Chapel
1838 - 1843 Rev Robert Fetherstone Jessop, Chaplin of Carysfort Episopal Church
1843 - 1844 Rev William Edwin Ormsby, Chaplin of Carysfort Episcopal Church
1843 William St George Sargent - Assistant Chaplain of Carysfort Chapel
1846 - 1871 Rev Francis Heaton Thomas - Incumbent of Christ Church, Carysfort
1871 - 1893 Rev Edmund Francis Rambaut
1893 - 1924 Rev Thomas Pearson
1924 - 1933 Rev George Ruddell Elliott - Incumbent of Christ Church, Carysfort
living at Prince Edward Terrace
1933 - 1960 Canon E M Bateman - Incumbent of Christ Church & Booterstown
1952 Rev W G Davis - Curate Assistant of Christ Church & Booterstown
Organists
1855 George W Torrance
Sextons
1901 - 1905 John Bishop
Church
Registers Baptisms & Marriages
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2016