Buttevant Franciscan Friary · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Old homes in Buttevant: 20% built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Buttevant has 6 times the share. Its oldest building dates from 1200. The Sites and Monuments Record marks it as a historic town and lists 18 archaeological sites inside it. Buttevant has 33 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Landmarks of Buttevant, in 4 photos
You can start with Buttevant Franciscan Friary and Saint Mary's Church. The photos cover 3 of Buttevant’s recorded places; the rest have a record card. Of the buildings pictured in Buttevant, Saint Mary's Church is the oldest, from 1835.
Saint Mary's ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Hutch & CoRegional rating (NIAH)
Ballybeg AbbeyNational monument to visit+1See 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 Buttevant’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 Buttevant
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 24, A to Z
10 recorded by their type and address
10 are recorded only by their type and address: 5 homes, 2 street furniture and 1 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
The record in Buttevant starts with homes, at 61%
9 different kinds of building make up Buttevant’s record. In second place come public buildings, with 4. The highest-rated include Buttevant Castle and Castle View.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Buttevant’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 33 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Buttevant Castle, from 1200.
Archaeology in Buttevant
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
18 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.
| Church2 records |
| Wall monument2 records |
| Historic town1 record |
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Religious house - Franciscan friars1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Mill - corn1 record |
| Religious house - unclassified1 record |
| Market-house1 record |
| Fever hospital1 record |
| Town defences1 record |
| Excavation - miscellaneous1 record |
| Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle1 record |
| Country house1 record |
| Graveslab1 record |
| 1 more kind1 record |
Just outside Buttevant: 19
| Ballybeg AbbeyNational monument to visit · 300 m outside the town |
| Buttevant Old BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| SpringfieldRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Velvetstown House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Bregoge HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Ballyellis HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Glenville HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Tullig HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| SpitalfieldsRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Saint James's ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Clapper BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Velvetstown House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Grange BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Rathclare HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Jordanstown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Velvetstown House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Ballyellis LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Demesne walls, Ballybeg EastRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Store, ButtevantRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
New homes are rare in Buttevant: 2.7% since 2011, against a usual 5.8%
The busiest building years in Buttevant were from 1946 to 1980, which account for 28% of today’s homes. More of Buttevant’s homes than usual date between the wars: 6.6%, against 3.9%. Against a typical 24%, only 19% of Buttevant’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000.
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.
3 notable people born in Buttevant before 1900
From Patrick Henry Cronin (1846) to Billy Mackessy (1880): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Buttevant → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Buttevant and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 33 | 0 | 18 |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 142 | 1 | 49 |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 64 | 0 | 21 |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 32 | 0 | 14 |
Buttevant in brief
Buttevant Castle, from 1200, is the oldest monument in Buttevant. All told, the list holds 34 places on the record. Its housing is old: 20% of homes date from before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Most entries on the list, 61%, are homes.
Of the 33 with a date, 28 come from the 19th century. Eugene F. Kinkead (1876), Patrick Henry Cronin (1846) and Billy Mackessy (1880) were all born here before 1900. It also has 18 archaeological sites on the record.
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 Buttevant’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Buttevant?
33 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Buttevant?
Buttevant Castle: the first date on its record is 1200.
Are there archaeological sites in Buttevant?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 18 archaeological sites inside Buttevant.
How old are the homes in Buttevant?
20% 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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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).