Fishamble Street in those times reached only as far as Neal's Music Hall, the rest, where the church was located, was called Bothestret.

They were successful in raising thousands of pounds from the government and smaller sums from other sources, so the church was rebuilt to a design by George Ensor and re-opened in 1773.

Alderman Robert Smith contributed funds to buy an organ, from William Gibson of Grafton St., but unfortunately, it never worked properly.

Many titled people, aldermen, sheriffs, members of parliament, lawyers, clergy, lord mayors, and scholars were buried there.

[9] John Atherton (1598-1640), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, requested that his body be interred "in a rubbish dump in the corner of the churchyard in Fishamble St" after his execution on Oxmantown Green on 5 December 1640.

The latter, founded in the first half of the 11th century, commemorated Olaf I, King of Norway, and its church was located in what is present-day Essex St.

In 1818 Jeremiah John Moore was baptised here - in 1842 he migrated to Australia and opened the first bookshop in Sydney in George Street, opposite St Andrews Cathedral and the Town Hall.