Editing Howth (section)

===St. Mary's Church===
[[File:The Abbey of Howth, with Some Account of the Family of St. Laurence and Sir John de Courcy, 1833 (IA jstor-30004288) (page 1 crop).jpg|thumb|The Abbey of Howth in 1833, ''[[Dublin Penny Journal]]]]
In Howth village are St. Mary's Church and its graveyard, overlooking the harbour. The earliest church on this site was built by Sitric, King of Dublin, in 1042. It was replaced around 1235 by a parish church, when that function was moved from the church on Ireland's Eye, and then, in the second, half of the 14th century, the present church was built. The building was modified in the 15th and 16th centuries, when the gables were raised, a bell cote was built and a new porch and south door were added. The St. Lawrence family, of nearby Howth Castle, also modified the east end to act as a private chapel; inside is the tomb of [[Christopher St Lawrence, 2nd Baron Howth]], who died in 1462, and his wife, Anna Plunkett of Ratoath.