The building was built in 1843,[1] and dedicated by Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, to replace an earlier church at the site of St. Canices' early monastery.
The glebe-house was erected in 1826, supported by a gift and loan from the Board of First Fruits.'
Finglas was constituted its fifth prebend of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin when Henry de Londres changed the status of that church in 1191, and Pope Alexander III confirmed the Archbishop's possession of Finglas, with the Chancellor holding the prebend from 1218 to 2007.
The Medieval Church in Finglas would have controlled a number of Chapels such as Donaghmore / Dovemachenor (St. Margarets), de Villa de Reimundi Labos (St. Brigids, Ward) and De Tirceyn (Artane, dedicated to St.
Among the graves is the tomb of Baron John Pocklington the English MP, lawyer and judge.