The building has its origins in a convent constructed by some Benedictine nuns in 1688.

[1] It became part of the House of Industry who commissioned a hospital to care for the 'ruptured poor'; it opened in 1810.

[1] The hospital was completely rebuilt to a design by Carroll & Batchelor in the English Renaissance style in red brick and terracotta tiles and was officially opened by Earl Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in April 1901.

[1] In the early 1990s the building was acquired by businessman Rory O'Meara who, in 1996, converted it into a courthouse.

[3] Then in 2013 it was acquired by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation which, in 2018, converted it into an education and event centre.