Photo: John Salter · CC BY-SA 2.0Charleville: 64 buildings on the National Inventory
Charleville has kept more old homes than most towns: 7.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1720. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 21 archaeological sites inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Charleville has 161 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Charleville from 1684 to 1780
4 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
c. 1684
c. 1750
c. 1756
1780From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Charleville’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).
64 historic places in Charleville
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 29, A to Z
35 recorded by their type and address
35 are recorded only by their type and address: 32 homes, 1 public buildings and 1 churches and chapels; most date from the 19th century.
Main Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 64 records, 58 give a street address.
More homes than anything else in Charleville: 80%
Compared with the National Inventory (6%), Charleville has a high share of public buildings: 11%. At the top of the record: Moatville and Charleville Market House. Nothing on Charleville’s record is rated of national importance.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Charleville’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
7 of the 64 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Moatville, from 1720.
Archaeology in Charleville
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
21 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.
| Country house3 records |
| Church3 records |
| Mill - corn2 records |
| Graveyard2 records |
| Designed landscape - tree-ring1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
| Fish-pond1 record |
| Post office1 record |
| Market-house1 record |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| House - vernacular house1 record |
| School1 record |
| Earthwork1 record |
| Designed landscape feature1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
Just outside Charleville: 17
| Ardskeagh ChurchArchaeological monument (SMR) · 3 km outside the town |
| Milltown CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Ballyhubbo HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Colmanswell Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Charleville Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Gortskagh House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Gortskagh House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Gortskagh House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Mullins's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Presbytery, Colmanswell Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| AvondaleRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| House, EffinRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Kiln, CregganeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Bridge, CommonsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Garrynderk North, Garrynderk SouthRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| House, PruntusRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
35% of Charleville’s homes were built in the 2000s
More than half of Charleville’s housing predates 2001. Building between the wars left Charleville with 6.7% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. Homes built since 2011 make up just 4.1% of Charleville’s, below the 5.8% of the typical 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.
5 notable people born in Charleville before 1900
From John Anster (1793) to Ned Cronin (1897): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Charleville → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Charleville has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,700 to 4,200 residents, by buildings on the record.
Only Mitchelstown and Castleblayney have more. The typical town its size has 19.
Charleville and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleville | 3,970 | 64 | 0 | 21 |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 59 | 1 | 61 |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 33 | 0 | 18 |
| Croom | 1,240 | 27 | 0 | 10 |
Charleville in brief
Old houses are part of Charleville’s character: 7.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 64 places on the record. Per resident, it has more recorded buildings than 82% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more recorded buildings.
Main Street alone has 36 places on the record. Of the whole list, 80% are homes. Of the 64 with a date, 52 come from the 19th century.
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 Charleville’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Charleville?
64 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Charleville?
Moatville: the first date on its record is 1720.
Are there archaeological sites in Charleville?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 21 archaeological sites inside Charleville.
How old are the homes in Charleville?
7.5% 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).