The Abbey school (commonly known as The Abbey) is an ERST (Edmund Rice Schools Trust) school in the town of Tipperary. The Abbey is an all boys school and has about 440 students at the moment. In recent years the school has been extended twice. The first extension is known as the Edmund Rice Wing and contains an area for student lockers as well as a state-of-the-art Construction Studies room, Woodwork room and Technology laboratory. The second extension was the complete renovation of an old stable which is now called the “Mary Rice Centre” which houses an area for all aspects of special needs, learning support and one-to-one education and a library to accommodate everyone at the Abbey.