[5] In 1280 Sir Robert Bagod bought a stone dwelling house near Werburgh Street from the Hyntenberghs, a prominent Dublin family.

Their station on the street is denoted by Gun Alley nearby, which has since been demolished.

[4] In 1785, a portion of the pavement collapsed, revealing a cave 40 feet deep filled with coffins and bones.

[4] Jonathan Swift was born in Hoey's Court, which was off Werburgh Street.

One of the last surviving cagework, timber and plaster houses in Dublin was on the corner of Werburgh and Castle Street before it was demolished in 1913.