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To the Memory of Thomas FURLONG, Esq. In whom the purest principles of
Patriotism and honour were combined with Superior Poetic Genius This Memorial of Friendship is erected by those who valued and admired his various talents, public integrity and private worth. He died 25th July, 1827 aged 33 years.
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There is a commemorative plaque to members of the parish who died or were missing in the first and second world wars, also listing members of the 7th company of the boys brigade who died. There is also a memorial to the
Coghill family which mentions Lieut. Neville Coghill VC who died attempting to
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Drumcondra
National School, on Church Avenue, is under the patronage of the Church of Ireland and the Rector would visit and minister there. Drumcondra National School was opened in 1906 by Rector Lewis-Crosby, originally in a prefab on the grounds of the Church, it moved to its current location in
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1907. The school underwent a major rejuvenations in 2014, when the school moved temporarily to
Childvision, in the grounds of St. Joseph's, and was reopened and re-dedicated in 2015 by the Archbishop of Dublin and former pupil Archbishop of Armagh Rev. Dr.
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To James Gandon and Samuel Walker Esqrs., Mr. Horace Hone and Richd. Edwd. Mercier who attended the funeral of the late
Francis Grose Esqr. to the Church of Drumcondra near Dublin, where his Remains were deposited 18th May,
258:(confusingly also dedicated to St. John the Baptist) to the east, St. Mobhi's Church, Glasnevin, to the West, and St. Pappan's Church, Santry to the North. Since 2016 Drumcondra (and North Strand) also serve the Parish of
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361:(c 1678–1753), printer and publisher. In 1720 he was one of the churchwardens. Grierson married three times. His first wife was buried on 19 May 1726. He married secondly in 1726 the talented editor and poet
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