One of the most visible buildings is St. Laurence O'Toole's Roman Catholic church, which was built in the 1840s and officially opened in 1853, and is accessible via Seville Place.
Traditionally, work on Dublin's docks provided employment for local men, but the arrival of containerization led to mass unemployment in the late 1980s.
[2] Sheriff Street has a reputation as a run-down area with a high crime rate.
Many of the now gentrified buildings, constructed on the former site of the flats, are accessible on Mayor Street.
Lower Sheriff Street remains a working-class area consisting of houses.