Kanturk has 32 buildings on the National Inventory
Kanturk has kept more old homes than most towns: 6.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1740. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 14 archaeological sites. Kanturk has 114 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Where Kanturk’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).
32 historic places in Kanturk
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 15, A to Z
17 recorded by their type and address
17 are recorded only by their type and address: 13 homes, 2 walls, gates and bridges and 1 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Egmont Place and Percival Street have the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 32 records, 27 give a street address.
Kanturk’s record leans to homes: 53%
4 records make public buildings the second group. At the top of the record: Greenane Bridge and Egmont House. No record in Kanturk reaches national importance; they are rated regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Kanturk’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
5 of the 32 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Greenane Bridge, from 1740.
Archaeology in Kanturk
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
14 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.
| Bridge3 records |
| Ringfort - rath2 records |
| Church2 records |
| Mill - corn2 records |
| Burial ground1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
| Market-house1 record |
Just outside Kanturk: 13
| Castlepark House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Gurteenard HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Springville House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Brogeen BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Castlepark House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Mill ViewRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Castlepark House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Springville HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| The RectoryRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| House, ClonrobinRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| House, DrominagoreRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| House, MeelaherraghRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, RossaconRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
39% of Kanturk’s homes were built in the 2000s
Of the homes in Kanturk now, the larger half dates from before 2001. Homes built since 2011 make up 8.6% of Kanturk’s, above the 5.8% of the typical town. 5.8% of Kanturk’s homes were built between the wars, more than the typical town’s 3.9%.
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.
3 notable people born in Kanturk before 1900
From Jeremiah O'Sullivan (1842) to Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Kanturk → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Kanturk and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 32 | 0 | 14 |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 33 | 0 | 18 |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 142 | 1 | 49 |
Kanturk in brief
More of Kanturk’s homes are old than in most places: 6.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 32 places on the record. Per resident, it has more recorded buildings than 75% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Of the whole list, 53% are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 22 of 32. The oldest, Greenane Bridge, dates from 1740. Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877), D. D. Sheehan (1873) and Jeremiah O'Sullivan (1842) were all born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: it has 32 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 19).
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 Kanturk’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Kanturk?
32 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Kanturk?
Greenane Bridge: the first date on its record is 1740.
Are there archaeological sites in Kanturk?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 14 archaeological sites inside Kanturk.
How old are the homes in Kanturk?
6.8% 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) · 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).