The building accommodated the offices of Clonmel Urban District Council until 1965 but is now used as the banqueting suite of a local hotel.

The site they selected was occupied by the local police barracks which itself had been formed by converting the old county gaol.

[1][2] In the early 19th century, the county gaol had been used as a holding facility for prisoners who were about to be transported to parts of Australia such as Tasmania.

The political leader, Éamon de Valera, was a regular visitor to the town hall.

He gave a briefing in the town hall on the political situation just two days before the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921.