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Church of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fairview, locally referred to as Fairview Church , is a Catholic church located in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland.

History
The present church was officially opened on 15th of January 1855 and was dedicated on the 12th of October 1856.

Fr. Patrick Griffin and Fr. Jarlath McDonagh were appointed as curates in 1985, as a result of Archbishop Dermot Ryan and his successor, Kevin McNamara making efforts to revitalise the Conventual Franciscans. Consequently, Fr. Pat and Fr. Jarlath were the first Greyfriars to minister in Ireland since the Penal Times. Following the retirement of Fr. Rogan in July 1986, Fr. Pat was inducted as Parish Priest on 12th of December 1986. The parish was formally entrusted to the Conventual Franciscans on 27th of March 1987.

List of Parish Priests since the Reformation

 * Fr. Drake, circa 1630 - 1670
 * Richard Cahill, circa 1680 - 1703
 * Cormac Cassidy, 1704 - 1720
 * Nicholas Gernon, 1720 - 1733
 * Andrew Tuite, 1733 - 1770
 * Terence McLoughlin, 1770 - 1785
 * John Larkin, 1785 - 1797
 * Patrick Ryan, 1797 - 1805
 * Daniel Murphy, 1805
 * Paul Long, 1805 - 1829
 * James Callinan, 1829 - 1846
 * Canon Rooney, 1846 - 1879
 * Canon Keon, 1879 - 1902
 * Terence O'Donnell, 1903 - 1904
 * Denis Petit, 1904 - 1928
 * John Flanagan, 1928 - 1936
 * Joseph McArdle, 1936 - 1942
 * Walter McDonald, 1942 - 1972
 * Patrick Kinsella, 1972 - 1980
 * William Rogan, 1980 - 1985
 * Patrick Griffin, 1985 - 1994
 * David Young, 1994 - 1997
 * Xavier Goulet, 1997 - 2007
 * Joseph Connick, 2007 - 2012
 * Antony Nallukunnel, 2012 - 2015
 * Joseph Dorniak 2015 - 2018
 * Maximilian McKeown 2018 - 2022
 * Marius Tomulesei 2022 - 2023
 * John Anthony Delaney 2023 -