John Grainger DD from St. Thomas Church, to serve those working on the Railway, and Docks, East Wall (then known as North Lotts) being its catchment area.
James Saul Fletcher (c. 1835-1917) took the role as Rector from 1872 until 1899, he resided in the St. Barnabas Parsonage, 30 Great Charles Street.
The writer Sean O'Casey, who lived on Abercorn Road, was a parishioner of St Barnabas Church from 1889 to 1919.
Edward Morgan Griffin BD MA, rector from 1899 to 1918, writing a biography of him, and also dedicating the second volume of his autobiography to Rev.
Griffin, set up St Barnabas Public Utility Society in 1919, to promote developing improved housing conditions in the area.
[8] The first development St Barnabas Gardens preserves the name and recognises the role Rev.