[1][2][3] The school was established on 20 August 1870 by the Sisters of Mercy who had opened a convent in Templemore in 1863.
In 1901, the school was discussed in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by John Cullinan, a Member of Parliament for South Tipperary.
[7][8][9] The school had a choir which took part in the Loughmore Feis on 17 June 1935, singing songs in Irish.
The front façade faces onto the square, with eight bays forming an L-shaped block and a porch entrance.
[13][14] It is listed as 22308042 on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage register of protected structures and Tipperary County Council reference TMS11.