{"id":226,"date":"2020-08-18T10:59:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T09:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drumcondra.dublin.anglican.org\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:07:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/drumcondra.dublin.anglican.org\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Grace, mercy and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Welcome to the website of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ireland.anglican.org\" target=\"_blank\">Church of Ireland<\/a> Parish of Drumcondra, North Strand &amp; St Barnabas in Dublin.  We have two parish churches.  St John the Baptist Church, Drumcondra is in Church Avenue, Drumcondra and North Strand Church is in Waterloo Avenue, North Strand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As well as our two parish churches we have two national schools under Church of Ireland Management: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/drumcondrans.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drumcondra National School<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stcolumbasns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">St Columba&#8217;s National School<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our rector is the Rev&#8217;d Garth Bunting.  If you wish to contact him for pastoral care or to arrange a baptism, wedding or funeral please click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/drumcondra.dublin.anglican.org\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayers for Ukraine  Prayers have been issued by our Liturgical Advisory Committee for use in parishes.  We will be praying for Ukraine and its people during all service in parish and we ask that you also use them at home.  You can find the prayer by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/dublin.anglican.org\/news\/2022\/02\/24\/prayers-in-a-time-of\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regularly, our parish newsletter, Parish Focus Online, is emailed out to parishioners. You can view the latest copy by <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/84a906383970\/parish-of-drumcondra-north-strand-st-barnabas\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/d2fb7071818e\/parish-of-drumcondra-north-strand-st-barnabas-news\">clicking here<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/0422f87c63e1\/news-from-drumcondra-north-strand-st-barnabas\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/d2fb7071818e\/parish-of-drumcondra-north-strand-st-barnabas-news\">.<\/a> If you would like to be added to the email list, please contact us using the contact page. 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Welcome to the website of the Church of Ireland Parish of Drumcondra, North Strand &amp; St Barnabas in Dublin. We have two parish churches. 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