Graveyard / cemetery · 1790–1810Saint Mochulla's Church (Tulla)Church Road, Tulla
Photo: David Sankey · CC BY-SA 2.07buildings on the National Inventory
History of Tulla · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Tulla: 16% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Tulla has 5 times the share. Tulla has 7 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1790. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
7
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
5
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1790
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
16%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Tulla’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 7, by rating
7 Regional and other sites
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).
Regional and other sites
7 historic places in Tulla
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Market house · 1820–1860Tulla Constabulary BarrackMain Street, Tulla
Court house · 1835–1840Tulla CourthouseMain Street, Courthouse Road, Tulla
House · 1840–1880Tulla HouseChapel Street, Tulla
Market house · 1840–1845Tulla LibraryMain Street, Tulla
Convent / nunnery · 1880–1885Cnoc na GaoitheChapel Street, Tulla
House · 1880–1900House, Main Street, Tulla
What’s recorded
Around Tulla, the record leans to homes: 75%
1880 brings Tulla’s record up to its newest entry. 2 records make churches and chapels the second group. Two of the highest-rated records are Saint Mochulla's Church and Tulla Constabulary Barrack.
Homes6
Churches and chapels2
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Tulla’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries1
19th century 1800–18996
1900 and later to today0
1 of the 7 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Saint Mochulla's Church (Tulla), from 1790.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Tulla
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
5 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.
| Burnt mound2 records |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Cross-slab (present location)1 record |
| Fulacht fia1 record |
Just outside Tulla: 1
| Worker's house, Cloonteen (Bunratty Upper)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Tulla has added few homes since 2011: 2.2%, where most towns have 5.8%
Homes built from 1946 to 1980 make up just 17% of Tulla’s, against 24% in the typical town. No period built more of Tulla than in the 2000s: 41% of its homes. 6.5% of Tulla’s homes were built between the wars, more than the typical town’s 3.9%.
16%
Before 1919
6.5%
1919–45
17%
1946–80
18%
1981–2000
41%
2001–10
2.2%
Since 2011
TullaTypical town
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.
Neighbours
Tulla and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulla | 697 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Sixmilebridge | 2,832 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ennis | 27,923 | 74 | 5 | 135 |
In brief
Tulla in brief
Old houses are part of Tulla’s character: 16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 7 places on the record. Of the 7 with a date, 6 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Saint Mochulla's Church (Tulla), from 1790.
The archaeological record adds 5 sites. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Tommy Daly (1894) and Jim Houlihan (1898) were born here before 1900.
How to read these numbers
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 Tulla’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Tulla?
7 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Tulla?
Saint Mochulla's Church (Tulla): the first date on its record is 1790.
Are there archaeological sites in Tulla?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Tulla.
How old are the homes in Tulla?
16% 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) · 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).