[1] It was named after the nearby St. Kevin's church in Camden Row, which dated back to at least the 12th century, but which had become Protestant after the Reformation.

[2] In November 1903 a new organ was acquired and the grissille stained glass, the largest of its kind in Ireland, was installed.

However, it was later restored to facilitate the ad orientem style in which Tridentine Mass is celebrated.

On 27 September 2017, Archbishop Dermot Farrell was the homilist in a Solemn High Pontifical Mass for the tenth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum, which allowed for more freedom for priests wishing to celebrate the Extraordinary Form.

Most notably, this included repairing the stained glass and re-decorating and re-painting the sanctuary wall and ceiling.