Parish of Raheny (Church of Ireland) The Parish of Raheny is the
modern successor in the Church of Ireland to an early (1152)
parish, in Raheny, a district of Dublin reputed to be a site of
Christian settlement back to 570. Today's parish comprises
Raheny village and the wider district, and is in a Union with
the Parish of Coolock. Its parish church is All Saints' Church,
Raheny. The other successor to the ancient parish is the Roman
Catholic parish, whose boundaries have shifted somewhat from the
historic ones. Early history  The Celtic Church was primarily
based around monastic settlements, and it is a local tradition
that the area's patron saint, St. Assam, possibly a disciple of
St. Patrick, established a church here. Around the start of the
second millennium, part of the area was subject to the
monastery, linked to St. Nessan, on Ireland's Eye, and around
1039, territories thought to be Portrane, Baldoyle and Raheny
were in the possession of the Danish King of Dublin, Sigtrygg
Silkbeard, who granted farm