[2][3] It is on Abbey Street, in the west end of Roscrea, on the north bank of the River Bunnow.

The Friary was founded in the 15th century by Greyfriars (Franciscans) and later destroyed by British soldiers.

[4] Roscrea Friary was founded before 1477 by the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Greyfriars) by Maolruanaidh Ó Cerbaill (Mulrooney O'Carroll, King of Éile; 1390–c.1480) and his wife Bibiana (née Dempsey).

[5] The friary's land was granted to Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond c. 1568, who assigned it to William Crow.

The tower is carried on pointed arches which have a chamfered soffit order, on moulded corbels.