Glanworth Bridge · Photo: E Turk · CC BY-SA 4.0Glanworth has 13 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Old homes stand out in Glanworth: 12% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The Sites and Monuments Record marks it as a historic town and lists 23 archaeological sites inside it. The oldest record dates from 1600.
Glanworth’s buildings in 2 pictures
The oldest building in Glanworth’s set dates from 1600: Glanworth Bridge. Glanworth Bridge and Labbacallee wedge tomb lead the set.
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 Glanworth’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).
One place of national importance in Glanworth
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Nat12 more historic places in Glanworth
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Glanworth’s record leans to homes: 46%
From one type to the next, Glanworth’s record lists 5 kinds of building. The runner-up group is churches and chapels: 3 records. Leading the record by rating: Glanworth Bridge and Glanworth Mill.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Glanworth’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 13 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Glanworth Bridge, from 1600.
Archaeology in Glanworth
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
23 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 - miscellaneous8 records |
| Church4 records |
| Graveyard2 records |
| Hut site2 records |
| Religious house - Dominican friars1 record |
| Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle1 record |
| Mill - woollen1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
| Sheela-na-gig1 record |
| Historic town1 record |
| Kiln - corn-drying1 record |
Just outside Glanworth: 13
| Labbacallee wedge tombArchaeological monument (SMR) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Woodfort HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Bealalaboga BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| The RectoryRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Ballykenly BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Labbacallee HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Ballyclogh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| House, BallyquaneRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, DerryvillaneRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| House, LabbacalleeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| House, MoneenRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Kiln, Farranlaheshery WestRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Viaduct, Ballykenly, BallynamonaRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
Glanworth’s building boom came in the 2000s: 41% of its homes
Against a typical 24%, only 16% of Glanworth’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000. New building is strong in Glanworth: 7.9% of homes date from 2011 on, where most towns have 5.8%. Glanworth reached half its present housing before 2001.
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.
Glanworth and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glanworth | 628 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 179 | 1 | 18 |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 111 | 0 | 18 |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
Glanworth in brief
More of Glanworth’s homes are old than in most places: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 13 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Glanworth Bridge. Of the 13 with a date, 8 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Glanworth Bridge, from 1600.
It also has 23 archaeological sites on the record. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Tom Barry (1879) was 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 Glanworth’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Glanworth?
13 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Glanworth are of national importance?
Glanworth Bridge.
What is the oldest building in Glanworth?
Glanworth Bridge: the first date on its record is 1600.
Are there archaeological sites in Glanworth?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 23 archaeological sites inside Glanworth.
How old are the homes in Glanworth?
12% 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).