St Michael's Roman Catholic Church · Photo: Olliebailie · CC BY-SA 4.0Cootehill has 34 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Cootehill: 7.9% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1780. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 6 archaeological sites inside the town.
Landmarks of Cootehill, in 15 photos
Two to begin with: St Michael's Roman Catholic Church and Cootehill Railway Station. The photos cover 7 of Cootehill’s recorded places; the rest have a record card. All Saint's Church, dated 1815, is the oldest pictured in Cootehill.
Cootehill Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)
Allied Irish BankRegional rating (NIAH)
Cootehill Court HouseRegional rating (NIAH)
Cootehill Masonic HallRegional rating (NIAH)
Bellamont Forest (country house)National rating (NIAH)+10See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Where Cootehill’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is the State’s survey of buildings from 1700 to today, county by county; each record gives a rating, dates, a type and an appraisal. Being on it is not legal protection: that is each council’s Record of Protected Structures.
Points from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and the Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0).
34 historic places in Cootehill
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 27, A to Z
7 recorded by their type and address
7 are recorded only by their type and address: 4 homes, 2 street furniture and 1 churches and chapels; most date from the 18th century.
Market Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 34 records, 30 give a street address.
59% of Cootehill’s recorded buildings are homes
The record in Cootehill runs as late as 1945. In Cootehill, churches and chapels weigh more than nationally: 18%, against 7%. Among the highest-rated: Bank of Ireland and Bellamont Arms.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Cootehill’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
8 of the 34 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Bank of Ireland, from 1780.
Archaeology in Cootehill
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
6 archaeological sites inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| Ringfort - unclassified1 record |
| Burial ground1 record |
| Meeting-house1 record |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Just outside Cootehill: 40
| Bellamont Forest (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Dartrey House (monument)National rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Cabragh RingfortArchaeological monument (SMR) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Bellamont HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Ematris)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Clement's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Drumgoon BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Lawson's Ford BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Scarvy BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Freame MountRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Dartrey House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| New BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Ashfield Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| The New BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Dawson MonumentRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Bellamont Forest (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Gates, Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Ematris)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Dartrey House (bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| St Mary's Middle ChapelRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Tonnagh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
New homes are rare in Cootehill: 2.4% since 2011, against a usual 5.8%
Cootehill’s largest group of homes, 37%, went up in the 2000s. More of Cootehill’s homes than usual date between the wars: 7.5%, against 3.9%. Most of the houses in Cootehill today, over half, were up by 2001.
Census 2022, households by the year their home was built (CSO, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0); the typical town is the middle Irish town of 2,500 or more.
5 notable people born in Cootehill before 1900
From Mary Anne Sadlier (1820) to Reginald Dorman-Smith (1899): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Cootehill → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Cootehill and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cootehill | 1,856 | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Clones | 1,885 | 69 | 5 | 19 |
| Bailieborough | 2,974 | 32 | 0 | 10 |
Cootehill in brief
Old houses are part of Cootehill’s character: 7.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 34 places on the record. Market Street alone has 16 places on the record. Of the whole list, 59% are homes.
Of the 34 with a date, 18 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Bank of Ireland, from 1780. Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include Reginald Dorman-Smith (1899), John Foy (1882) and John Charles McQuaid (1895).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The National Inventory. The State’s survey of post-1700 buildings, made county by county since 1990 (NIAH); a few records are older. It records; it does not protect.
- Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
- Archaeology. The Sites and Monuments Record (National Monuments Service) lists known archaeological sites; the national monuments to visit and the sites with an encyclopedia article get pages here.
- Protection. Both registers are surveys, not protection: a building is protected by its council’s Record of Protected Structures, and no national open list joins the 31 councils’ records.
- The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Cootehill’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Cootehill?
34 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Cootehill?
Bank of Ireland: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Cootehill?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 6 archaeological sites inside Cootehill.
How old are the homes in Cootehill?
7.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
Are the buildings on this page protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
History is described here, not graded.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · CSO Census 2022 (homes by the year built) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata and English Wikipedia for people born here · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).