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In the 20th century the parish grew steadily and was in the 1950s the largest in the Republic. At the time it was served by three other churches: St. Aidan's (Drumcondra Road Lwr and Dargle Road, Iron building from 1881, an new building designed by Richard Francis Caulfield Orpen[10] was consecrated in 1902, demolished in 1963), Dublin Female Penitentiary (St. Augustine's) on Berkely Road[11] and the Free Church (Great Charles Street), in addition to the parish church.[4]
In 1936 the St. George's Brass Band was founded in the Church.[12] [13]
The parish corresponded with the civil parish of the same name.[1][14]
The Church of St. Thomas opened in Cathal Brugha Street in 1931, in 1966 St. Georges merged with the parish of St. Thomas's.In 1990 St. George's closed, and it became the parish church of St. George and St. Thomas.
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То есть это - и самый большой католический приход, и район, и пара известных тюрем. Поэтому - очень многозначительно получается.