Alexander Knox (1757–1831)

World renowned theologian (commemorated in the east window and in a mural tablet in the porch). A friend of John Wesley, he was admired by the Tractarians, including Pusey and Newman and, indeed, by Wilberforce.

He lived in Dawson Street and is buried in the church.

Felicia Hemans (1795–1835)

Poet (memorial window in the chancel and mural tablet in the south aisle). A prolific poet, hymn writer and essayist, and one of the most popular poets of her day. She is perhaps best known for her poem Casablanca, composed in 1823, of ‘the boy stood on the burning deck’ fame.

She spent her latter years in Dawson Street and was buried in the churchyard.

Richard Whately (1787–1863)

Archbishop, scholar and eccentric (memorial window in south gallery). Archbishop of Dublin 1831. A brilliant, eccentric and courageous churchman, friend of Edward Copleston and Thomas Arnold.

He was famed for his eccentricities and contempt of convention, and was disposed to tutoring students while hiking or climbing trees, a skill he successfully imparted to his favourite spaniel, Sailor.

Residing in the parish, he would have attended services in the church on many occasions.

Sir Hugh Lane (1875–1915)

Art collector (mural tablet in north gallery). Third son of The Revd James William Lane, Rector of Ballybrack, Co. Cork. His mother, Frances Adelaide, was the sister of Lady Gregory, and through her he met W.B.Yeats and other leading figures of the Irish literary revival.

Lane set out to create a parallel revival in art by creating major collections of modern art, now housed in the National Gallery of Ireland and the Dublin Gallery of Modern Art. Besides his French Impressionist collection, for which he is best known, his gifts included works by French, Flemish and Dutch artists.

Tragically, he perished in the Lusitania when she was torpedoed on 7 May 1915. His single–handed contribution to art in Ireland is inestimable: one wonders how much more he might have achieved as director of the National Gallery of Ireland, a position to which he was appointed in March 1914, had he lived longer.

His memorial, erected in 1929, is no empty eulogy.