Castlelyons Friary · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Castlelyons: 15% of homes built before 1919
For Castlelyons, that is 5 times the typical town’s share, 3.4%. On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Castlelyons counts 14 buildings. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1675. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 7 archaeological sites inside the town.
3 photos of Castlelyons’s landmarks
The oldest building pictured in Castlelyons is Castlelyons Church, from 1750. Of the places on Castlelyons’s record, 2 have a photo here. Castlelyons Friary and Castlelyons Church lead the set.
Photos 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 Castlelyons’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).
15 historic places in Castlelyons
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 10, A to Z
5 recorded by their type and address
5 are recorded only by their type and address: 4 homes and 1 street furniture; most date from the 18th century.
In Castlelyons, homes lead the record (57%)
Among the highest-rated: Berry Hill and Mohera House. The second-largest group on the record is churches and chapels, with 3. Its buildings rate regional: Castlelyons has none of national importance.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Castlelyons’s dated buildings come from the 16th to 18th centuries
Each building by the first date on its record.
8 of the 14 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Berry Hill, from 1675.
Archaeology in Castlelyons
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
7 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 |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Country house1 record |
| Religious house - Carmelite friars1 record |
| Burial ground1 record |
| Cross-inscribed stone1 record |
Just outside Castlelyons: 4
| Coole AbbeyNational rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Coole Upper Two ChurchesArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Barrymore BarnRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| House, MoheraRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
A growing town: 12% of Castlelyons’s homes date from 2011 on, the norm is 5.8%
Building from 1981 to 2000 left Castlelyons with 14% of its homes, below the usual 24%. Castlelyons added comparatively little between the wars: 0.7% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. Only 12% of Castlelyons’s homes were built from 1946 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 24%.
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 Castlelyons before 1900
From William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620) to William Kent (1873): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Castlelyons → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Castlelyons and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlelyons | 428 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 179 | 1 | 18 |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Watergrasshill | 1,840 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Tallow | 1,022 | 68 | 0 | 8 |
Castlelyons in brief
Old houses are part of Castlelyons’s character: 15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 15 places on the record. Of the whole list, 57% are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 8 of 14. The oldest, Berry Hill, dates from 1675.
Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Thomas Kent (1865) and Thomas Street (1621). The archaeological record adds 7 sites.
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 Castlelyons’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Castlelyons?
14 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Castlelyons?
Berry Hill: the first date on its record is 1675.
Are there archaeological sites in Castlelyons?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites inside Castlelyons.
How old are the homes in Castlelyons?
15% 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).