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dome of the four courts seen from merchant's quay franciscan friary
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Founded before 1233, probably in 1231. In 1348, 23 of the community died of the Black Death. Suppressed and abandonded in 1541. New friary built in Cook Street in 1615; in 1619 chapel destroyed but rebuilt. In 1799 nine friars were here, whilst three others were working in parishes. New church built in 1749, and the present church was begun in 1834, and completed in its present form in 1938.

Adam and Eve's today has taken on a number of very different aspects. The Merchants Quay Ireland project includes two very active ministries directed towards the poor and needy in the centre-city area. One element is a specialized ministry to drug-users. The other is a ministry to the poor and especially the homeless, giving them food and advice. 

(from 'adam and eve friary')
