[2] It is probable that the Street's name is derived from the name of a tavern or inn with a sign of a bull.

[3] In the late 1800s, the street had a large number of butchers, victuallers and other jobs associated with the meat industry.

[4] In the 1900s, using powers from the Dublin Improvement (Bull Alley Area) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.

c. xi), the Dublin Corporation built a housing scheme on Bull Alley Street, designed by C. J. McCarthy.

[3] The Play Centre built by the trust in 1915, now Liberties College,[6] was designed by L. A. McDonnell.