[2] Grizell decided to give the money to trustees prior to her death, on the condition that she could live in the hospital for the rest of her life.

[3] A fortnight later, the trustees met for the first time and agreed to purchase about three and a half acres of land lying at the end of James's Street for £600.

[4] For convenience, the trustees continued the road to the bank of the Liffey across land which they acquired on lease from Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston.

However, they did not obtain Temple's formal agreement to this arrangement and when the lease expired, the governors of the hospital found themselves involved in an expensive legal action.

[5] The trustees also successfully petitioned Dublin Corporation for permission to establish a ferry across the river at the northern end of the lane, which remained a steady source of income for the hospital throughout the eighteenth century.