Bridge · 1855–1860Barry's BridgeCarrigtohill
Barryscourt Castle · Photo: The Speckled Bird · CC BY-SA 4.08buildings on the National Inventory
History of Carrigtwohill · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Carrigtwohill: 8 buildings on the National Inventory
Carrigtwohill’s oldest recorded building dates from 1820. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 6 archaeological sites inside the town. 1.1% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. For every 10,000 residents, Carrigtwohill has 14 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
On the National Inventory
8
14 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
6
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1820
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
1.1%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Carrigtwohill’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 8, by rating
8 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
8 historic places in Carrigtwohill
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Railway station · 1855–1860Carrigtohill Railway StationStation Road, Carrigtohill
Station master's house · 1855–1860Carrigtohill Railway Station (station master's house)Station Road, Carrigtohill
Bridge · 1855–1860Wise's BridgeCarrigtohill
Church / chapel · 1860–1900Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchChurch Lane, Carrigtohill
House · 1820–1840House, Church Lane, Carrigtohill
House · 1870–1890House, Station Road, Carrigtohill
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1870–1890Presbytery, Station Road, Carrigtohill
What’s recorded
A record rich in walls, gates and bridges: 25% in Carrigtwohill, against 8% across Ireland
Its buildings rate regional: Carrigtwohill has none of national importance. The record holds 13 homes, 65% of the whole. Two of the highest-rated records are Ballintubbrid Villa and Ballintubbrid Lodge.
Homes13
Walls, gates and bridges5
Mills, stations and works1
Churches and chapels1
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.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Carrigtwohill
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.
| Church2 records |
| Enclosure1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Midden1 record |
| Kiln - lime1 record |
Just outside Carrigtwohill: 13
| Barryscourt CastleNational monument to visit · 200 m outside the town |
| Ballintubbrid VillaRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Ballintubbrid LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Slatty BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Fota House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Fota House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Tullagreen House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Haly's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Tullagreen House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Garrancloyne HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| House, GortnamuckyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Farm house, BarryscourtRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Quay, Ballintubbrid East, Ballintubbrid WestRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Carrigtwohill is still building: 11% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%
More of Carrigtwohill’s homes than usual date in the 2000s: 61%, against 25%. Just 1.4% of the homes in Carrigtwohill went up between the wars, short of the typical 3.9%. Building from 1946 to 1980 left Carrigtwohill with 13% of its homes, below the usual 24%.
1.1%
Before 1919
1.4%
1919–45
13%
1946–80
13%
1981–2000
61%
2001–10
11%
Since 2011
CarrigtwohillTypical 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.
Born here
5 notable people born in Carrigtwohill before 1900
From Dáibhí de Barra (1758) to Ned Grey (1896): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Dáibhí de Barra
William Fitzgibbon
Jimmy Kennedy
John O'Keeffe
Ned Grey
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Dáibhí de Barra1758–1851 · Irish writer
WF
William Fitzgibbon1878–1955 · Irish hurler
JK
Jimmy Kennedy1890–1973 · Irish hurler for Cork
JO
John O'Keeffe1895–1973 · Irish hurler in the 1910s and 1920s
NG
Ned Grey1896–1974 · Hurler
Everyone born in Carrigtwohill → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
How Carrigtwohill compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,400 to 5,800 residents, by buildings on the record.
Carrigtwohill8
#15 of 16for buildings on the record per resident (14 per 10,000). Portobello, Tipperary and Carrickmacross lead.
14 have more. The typical town its size has 41. One of the 16 has none.
Neighbours
Carrigtwohill and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigtwohill | 5,568 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 33 | 0 | 43 |
| Midleton | 13,906 | 139 | 3 | 27 |
| Cobh | 14,148 | 367 | 1 | 17 |
| Passage West-Monkstown | 6,051 | 215 | 3 | 9 |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| Aghada-Rostellan | 1,159 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
In brief
Carrigtwohill in brief
The official list counts 8 places on the record in Carrigtwohill. Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include Dáibhí de Barra (1758), William Fitzgibbon (1878) and Jimmy Kennedy (1890). Its homes are mostly newer: 1.1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 6 archaeological sites on the record.
The oldest is Barry's Bridge, from 1855. Most towns its size have more recorded buildings: the typical one has 41. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most dated ones come from the 19th century; and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Carrigtwohill’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Carrigtwohill?
8 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Carrigtwohill?
House, Church Lane, Carrigtohill: the first date on its record is 1820.
Are there archaeological sites in Carrigtwohill?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 6 archaeological sites inside Carrigtwohill.
How old are the homes in Carrigtwohill?
1.1% 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).