St Canice’s, Finglas, and the Hiberno-Norse churches of Dublin.

The article focuses on the architectural and archaeological analysis of St Canice's Church in Finglas, Dublin, revealing it as a rare surviving example of a pre-Norman, pre-Romanesque Hiberno-Norse stone church likely dating to the later eleventh century. Key features such as a continuous string-course, original gable line, wall batter, and reused granite blocks suggest parallels with contemporaneous churches like St Mary's at Glendalough, indicating that St Canice's may predate or be contemporaneous with the early Romanesque building boom in Ireland. The study also discusses the relationship between the church, the nearby ninth-century Nethercross, and a female Viking burial, highlighting the complex cultural and religious landscape of medieval Dublin. This research contributes significant new insights into early ecclesiastical architecture in the Dublin region and the influence of Scandinavian settlement on church-building traditions.