There was a congregation of Presbyterians, many of Scottish extraction, in Dublin around Ormond Quay since the early 18th century, a Mr. Arbuckle being the first minister.

[1] The congregation from the Plunket Street Meeting House(Presbyterian church) merged with Usher's quay in 1844.

The construction of the Ormond Quay church was financed by a bequest from a widow, Martha Maria Magee (née Stewart) from Lurgan, County Armagh, who had moved to Dublin.

[3] The church was in charge of the Presbyterian Female Orphan School, 77 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, where its pastor and members sat on its board of governors.

In 1989 the ground floor facade was incorporated into a new office building erected on the site called Grattan Bridge House at 3 Ormond Quay Upper.