It is part of the Fermoy Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross.

[3] It was founded primarily at the expense of William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel.

It is built using stone cute form Bridgetown Abbey in Castletownroche.

[2] The church features a four-bay nave, which is built in the Early English style.

The churchyard holds the Listowel Mausoleum, constructed in 1846, which is built in the Gothic Revival style,[1] and is composed of ashlar stone.