[1] At one time, the building had been owned by Sir George Carew, President of Munster and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.

On the 26th of April 1661, Sir Paul Davys, clerk of the council, leased the great hall from the merchant, Richard White.

[1] In 1675, John Parry had made a lease to Sir Henry Forde, secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for a term of 99 years, for the use of the two houses of parliament.

From its opening it was in a bad state of repair and by 1723 a committee had been appointed to report on the condition and estimate the cost of a replacement building on the site.

[4] Following a meeting held in 1728 it was decided that the site would be used for a replacement building, Parliament House, designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, in 1729.