Castlemartyr Bridge · Photo: E Turk · CC BY-SA 4.0Castlemartyr: 22 buildings on the National Inventory
The Sites and Monuments Record marks Castlemartyr as a historic town and lists 8 archaeological sites inside it. Its oldest building dates from 1730.
Historic Castlemartyr through 2 photographs
Among them: Castlemartyr Bridge and Saint Colman's Roman Catholic Church. Pictured and oldest in Castlemartyr: Castlemartyr Bridge, 1740.
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 Castlemartyr’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).
22 historic places in Castlemartyr
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 10, A to Z
12 recorded by their type and address
12 are recorded only by their type and address: 10 homes, 1 other buildings and 1 street furniture; most date from the 18th century.
The record in Castlemartyr starts with homes, at 59%
The runner-up group is public buildings: 3 records. Among the highest-rated: Saint Anne's Church (Mogeely) and Castlemartyr Bridge. No record in Castlemartyr reaches national importance; they are rated regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Castlemartyr’s dated buildings come from the 16th to 18th centuries
Each building by the first date on its record.
16 of the 22 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Saint Anne's Church (Mogeely), from 1730.
Archaeology in Castlemartyr
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
8 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.
| Excavation - miscellaneous2 records |
| House - 18th/19th century1 record |
| Market-house1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
| Historic town1 record |
| Kiln - corn-drying1 record |
Just outside Castlemartyr: 9
| Castlemartyr House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Castlemartyr House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Knockane HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Castlemartyr House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Glebe HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Castlemartyr House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Saint Colman's Roman Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| House, DowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| House, StumphillRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
5.8% of Castlemartyr’s homes are older than 1919, against a usual 3.4%
Homes built in the 2000s make up 59% of Castlemartyr’s, against 25% in the typical town. Castlemartyr added comparatively little from 1946 to 1980: 12% of its homes, the typical town 24%. Builders have been quiet in Castlemartyr since 2011: 4.3% of its homes, the norm 5.8%.
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.
Castlemartyr and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 22 | 0 | 8 |
| Cloyne | 1,967 | 23 | 1 | 14 |
| Midleton | 13,906 | 139 | 3 | 27 |
| Aghada-Rostellan | 1,159 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| Youghal | 8,564 | 246 | 8 | 48 |
| Carrigtwohill | 5,568 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Whitegate | 1,248 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
Castlemartyr in brief
More of Castlemartyr’s homes are old than in most places: 5.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 22 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 59%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 16 of 22. The oldest, Saint Anne's Church (Mogeely), dates from 1730.
It also has 8 archaeological sites on the record. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon (1682) and Bill Hennessy (1882) were born here before 1900.
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 Castlemartyr’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Castlemartyr?
22 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Castlemartyr?
House, Main Street, Castlemartyr: the first date on its record is 1730.
Are there archaeological sites in Castlemartyr?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Castlemartyr.
How old are the homes in Castlemartyr?
5.8% 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).