Photo: Dreoven · CC BY-SA 3.0Durrus has 4 buildings on the National Inventory
Durrus has kept more old homes than most towns: 13% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1790. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
Durrus’s landmarks
Only St. James' Church has a photo so far; more of Durrus awaits one.
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 Durrus’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).
4 historic places in Durrus
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegDurrus and its edges: homes first, 57%
The next biggest group is churches and chapels, 2 in all. Among the highest-rated: St. James' Church and Rossmore Lodge. Regional importance is the highest rating any of Durrus’s buildings holds.
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 in Durrus
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Mill - corn1 record |
Just outside Durrus: 5
| Coolcoulaghta Standing StonesArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Coolcoulaghta Standing Stones (Standing stone - pair)Archaeological monument (SMR) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Rossmore LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Durrus LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Farm house, BallycommaneRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
Most of Durrus’s homes went up in the 2000s: 34%
Durrus has an unusual share of homes built between the wars: 6.4%, where most towns have 3.9%. Few of Durrus’s homes date from 1946 to 1980: 18%, the norm 24%. Since 2011 Durrus has added 5.7% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 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.
Durrus and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durrus | 381 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bantry | 2,929 | 79 | 1 | 12 |
Durrus in brief
Old houses are part of Durrus’s character: 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 4 places on the record. The oldest is St. James' Church, from 1790. The rest is about typical: Laura Geraldine Lennox (1883) was born here before 1900; and it also has an archaeological site.
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 Durrus’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Durrus?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Durrus?
St. James' Church: the first date on its record is 1790.
Are there archaeological sites in Durrus?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Durrus.
How old are the homes in Durrus?
13% 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).