Work was completed in 1544 and it operated as a hospital almshouse (dedicated to Mary Magdalen) under the control of MacQueen's widow, Janet Rynd until her death in 1553, when it passed to the Incorporation of Hammermen (metalworkers). The entrance as seen from the Cowgate was rebuilt in 1613. The spire was added in 1620. St Cecilia's Hall by Robert Mylne was built for the Musical Society of Edinburgh in 1763. It now houses a small Georgian concert space and an important collection of early keyboard instruments owned by Edinburgh University. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church stands at the east end of the Cowgate. It dates from 1772 but was extensively remodelled in 1929 following demolition of the tenements along the north side of the Cowgate which previously obscured its frontage. Both the National Library of Scotland and the Edinburgh Central Library have their lower floors on the Cowgate, with public access being on George IV Bridge above. Notable people Janet Boyman, executed for witchcraft on 29 December 1572; court documents record her home as the Cowgate. James Connolly, Irish revolutionary was born in 1868 at number 107 Cowgate. Football club Hibernian F.C. was founded by congregants of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in the Cowgate in August 1875 – the club was based at St Patrick's until the early 1890s, and cups the club won from this period are still displayed in the church. Canon John Gray, poet and priest was a curate at St Patrick's. Venerable Margaret Sinclair lived at Blackfriars Street, just off the Cowgate. References External links Map showing the Cowgate (Bartholomew 1932-33) Chapter XXXI - The Cowgate in Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant, published by Cassell in the 1880s 'SoCo' proposal for the Cowgate fire gap site Irish diaspora in Scotland Streets in Edinburgh Old Town, Edinburgh History of Edinburgh 2002 in Scotland Burned buildings and structures in the United Kingdom