The building was financed using public subscription by the tenants of Sir John Craven Carden, 1st Baronet and commissioned as a market house in the early 19th century.

[2] Following the killing of Police District Inspector William Haring Wilson by the Irish Republican Army on 16 August 1920, soldiers of the Northamptonshire Regiment set fire to the town hall in a reprisal attack.

[7] Following the closure of McCan Barracks in the early 1960s, two QF 4.5-inch howitzers were retained and subsequently moved outside the southwest end of the town hall.

[9] An extensive programme of works, involving the conversion of the building into a library and enterprise and cultural centre and the construction of a new civic plaza, started on site in May 2023.

The work, which was financed by the Department of Rural and Community Development and Tipperary County Council, was being carried out by Leetherm Construction at a cost of €4 million to a design by EML Architects.