 In the past, many doctors and solicitors lived on the square, which is relatively close to Fitzwilliam Square and the Law Library.The square once housed two schools, and in 1911 the 14 inhabitants of No 27 included a carpenter, a scholar and a fishmonger.Of the 387 people who lived on the square that year, there were 149 Catholics, 177 Church of Ireland, 20 Presbyterian, 10 Methodist and 7 Baptists.