The present building was completed and opened in 1824, in the Gothic style, according to the plans of William Farrell.
[5] In 1987 the doors of the Church were finally closed for good and it was de-consecrated, and worship was transferred back to St. Michan's.
[6] The older church was reputed to be the burial place of Robert Emmet,[7] and where the philosopher George Berkeley was consecrated as Bishop of Cloyne in 1734.
The attached cemetery was the primary place of interment for the nearby garrison of Dublin and contained a monument to the memory of Lt. Col. Lyde Browne (shot dead by the United Irishmen in 1803), of the 21st Royal Fusiliers and a mural tablet to three privates of the same regiment, who all were killed in the insurrection of 1803; as well as a mausoleum for the family of Colonel Ormsby.
The proceedings of the church are recorded in minute books which survive intact back to the year 1698.