The Cottage in which The Centre is located, was itself renowned in the past as a home for music and dancing.
The Naul Fife & Drum Band used the house as a band practice room in the early part of the 20th century. Some sheets of their hand-written music was discovered in the roof of the house during the course of renovation.
Micheal Ó Maoláin, a Timire, or traveling Irish teacher, taught the Irish language here in the early years of the Gaelic League. Sean O'Casey used Ó Maoláin as the basis for the character of 'Maguire' in his 1923 play 'The Shadow Of A Gunman'.