RegChurch / chapel · 1820–1860St Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchCoachfordPhoto: MrCorman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church · Photo: MrCorman · CC BY-SA 4.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Coachford · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Coachford: 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Coachford has kept more old homes than most towns: 10% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1760. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
4
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1760
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Coachford through 4 photographs
First come St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church and “Church, Coachford”. Photos show every place on Coachford’s record. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, dated 1820, is the oldest pictured in Coachford.
Church, CoachfordRegional rating (NIAH)
Church, GlebeRegional rating (NIAH)
Aghavrin HouseRegional rating (NIAH)+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.
The map
Where Coachford’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 3, by rating
3 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
3 historic places in Coachford
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Reg
RegWhat’s recorded
In and around Coachford, 71% of the records are homes
No record in Coachford reaches national importance; they are rated regional. The second-largest group on the record is churches and chapels, with 3. Two of the highest-rated records are Carhoo House and Nadrid House.
Homes10
Churches and chapels3
Memorials and tombs1
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 Coachford
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
4 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 |
| Standing stone1 record |
Just outside Coachford: 11
| Carhoo HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Nadrid HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| NettlevilleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Riversdale HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Aghavrin HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| ClassasRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Oakpark HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Clontead More HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Rock LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| LeemountRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Monument, NadridRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
A growing town: 11% of Coachford’s homes date from 2011 on, the norm is 5.8%
At least one home in two in Coachford was standing by 1981. Building between the wars left Coachford with 9.9% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. Coachford’s largest group of homes, 36%, went up from 1946 to 1980.
10%
Before 1919
9.9%
1919–45
36%
1946–80
18%
1981–2000
15%
2001–10
11%
Since 2011
CoachfordTypical 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
4 notable people born in Coachford before 1900
From Herbert Webb Gillman (1832) to Con Lehane (1877): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Herbert Webb Gillman
Dan Lane
John Buckley
Con Lehane
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CL
Con Lehane1877–1919 · Irish politician and socialist
HG
Herbert Webb Gillman1832–1898
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Dan Lane1861– · Irish hurler
JB
John Buckley1863–1935 · Irish hurler
Everyone born in Coachford → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Coachford and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coachford | 450 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Macroom | 4,096 | 48 | 1 | 12 |
| Tower | 3,300 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 36 | 0 | 55 |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 22 | 0 | 11 |
In brief
Coachford in brief
More of Coachford’s homes are old than in most places: 10% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 3 places on the record. Con Lehane (1877), Herbert Webb Gillman (1832) and Dan Lane (1861) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. The oldest, St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, dates from 1820. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 4 archaeological sites.
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 Coachford’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Coachford?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Coachford?
Church, Glebe: the first date on its record is 1760.
Are there archaeological sites in Coachford?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Coachford.
How old are the homes in Coachford?
10% 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).