The school had a choir which took part in the LoughmoreFeis on 17 June 1935, singing songs in Irish.[10]
The school was mentioned in Mary Raftery's 1999 book Suffer the Little Children: The Inside Story of Ireland's Industrial Schools, referring to the physical abuse that girls endured in the school.[11] The school is included in the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002.[12]
Building
Situated on the corner of Mary Street and Templemore town square, it is adjacent to Our Lady's Secondary School, Templemore. St. Augustine's was originally constructed around 1815. The front façade faces onto the square, with eight bays forming an L-shaped block and a porch entrance. A long two-storey and
single-storey façade overlooks Mary Street. As of 2020 it is in use as a funeral home and auctioneer.[13][14] It is listed as 22308042 on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage register of protected structures and Tipperary County Council reference TMS11.[13][14]