Fermoy: 179 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance

Kent BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)

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c. 1910

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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).

94 recorded by their type and address

94 are recorded only by their type and address: 78 homes, 5 walls, gates and bridges and 4 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.

See all 94 on the map

Of the 179 records, 164 give a street address.

18 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.

Just outside Fermoy: 33

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.

Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick

Sir James Anderson, 1st Baronet

James McConnell

John Edward Pigot

Lawrence Clarke

George Throssell

Patrick Andrew Collins

John Cunningham Brown

Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane

Charles Edward Wilson

Charlie Paye

Josephine McNeill

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George Throssell1840–1910 · Australian politician

Patrick Andrew Collins1844–1905 · American politician

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John Edward Pigot1822–1871 · Irish music collector

Lawrence Clarke1832–1890 · Canadian politician

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John Cunningham Brown1844–1929 · Canadian politician

Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane1851–1922 · British politician

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Josephine McNeill1895–1969 · Irish diplomat

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Charles Edward Wilson1871–1914 · English rugby union player

Everyone born in Fermoy → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Few towns are as rich in recorded buildings as Fermoy: per resident it has more than 90% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. All told, the list holds 179 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Saint Patrick's Catholic Church. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Only 3 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more recorded buildings.

On Patrick Street alone there are 27 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 71%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 127 of 179.