This included contemporary figures Ladies Castlecoote and Molyneux, the Viscountesses of Lorton and Lifford and Countesses of Meath, Westmeath, and Leitrim.
It was stressed how important it was that all duties attached to the Ladies' Auxiliary should be regulated with more than ordinary regard to propriety and decorum.
In the opinion of O'Beirne, Bishop of Meath, "the management of the Hibernian Bible Society has entirely fallen into the hands of sectaries and seceders, and the establishment of their auxiliary societies, wherever it takes place through the country, has for its immediate object the increase of the number of their proselytes, and the extension and prevalence of their doctrines.
The National Bible Society of Ireland is headquartered at 41 Dawson Street, Dublin, where it operated a bookshop called Bestseller.
The Society hosts the Bedell-Boyle Lecture, each year named in honour of Bishop William Bedell and Robert Boyle.