Whitechurch (Irish: Teampaill Ghil) on the southside of Dublin, situated south of Ballyboden in Rathfarnham at the foot of the Dublin mountains. Derives its name from a small white church in Kilmashogue, build in the proximity of an ancient Cairn (which is a protected monument). Little remains of the church. The Church of Ireland parish of Whitechurch includes most of Rathfarnham including Tibradden, Larch Hill and Kilmashogue. There is a Moravian cemetery in the area which was the burial ground for the Moravian community, a Protestant sect from what is now the Czech republic who arrived in Ireland in the 1700s. This community had a church in Kevin St but have now died out. The Catholic ethos is well served by the Augustinian Fathers who have been in the area for many years.
Whitechurch (Church of Ireland) Parish Church (1827)
