The second extension was the complete renovation of an old stable which is now called the "Mary Rice Centre" which houses a special needs area, learning support and one-to-one education and a library.

[4] A priory of Augustinian friars operated on the site from c. 1300 before being suppressed in 1539.

He established grammar schools in Tipperary, Galway and Drogheda, where the sons of his Protestant tenants were educated.

[citation needed] The structure that succeeded it burned down in 1941, soon after the Catholic Christian Brothers had assumed control.

David Humphr[e]ys (1843–1930) who had campaigned for the education rights of Catholics.