Church / chapel · 1865–1870Saint Joseph's ChurchLiscarroll
Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.02buildings on the National Inventory
History of Liscarroll · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Old homes in Liscarroll: 25% built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Liscarroll has 7 times the share. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 4 archaeological sites inside it. On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Liscarroll counts 2 buildings. Its oldest building dates from 1840.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
4
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Liscarroll’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 2, by rating
2 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
2 historic places in Liscarroll
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1840–1860House, Liscarroll
What’s recorded
The record in and around Liscarroll: homes first, at 71%
Just outside Liscarroll, the oldest record dates from 1780. Leading the record by rating: Cregane House and Altamira House. Every building on Liscarroll’s record is rated regional, none national.
Homes5
Churches and chapels1
Farm and estate buildings1
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 Liscarroll
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 |
| Historic town1 record |
Just outside Liscarroll: 5
| Cregane HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Altamira House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Altamira House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Altamira House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Fort MoylanRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Liscarroll: 3.7% since 2011, against a usual 5.8%
Liscarroll has an unusual share of homes built between the wars: 11%, where most towns have 3.9%. Building in the 2000s fell short in Liscarroll: 13%, against 25% in most towns. The busiest building years in Liscarroll were from 1946 to 1980, which account for 31% of today’s homes.
25%
Before 1919
11%
1919–45
31%
1946–80
16%
1981–2000
13%
2001–10
3.7%
Since 2011
LiscarrollTypical 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.
Neighbours
Liscarroll and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liscarroll | 245 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 33 | 0 | 18 |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 32 | 0 | 14 |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 64 | 0 | 21 |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 142 | 1 | 49 |
In brief
Liscarroll in brief
More of Liscarroll’s homes are old than in most places: 25% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 2 places on the record. The oldest is Saint Joseph's Church, from 1865. 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 Liscarroll’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Liscarroll?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Liscarroll?
House, Liscarroll: the first date on its record is 1840.
Are there archaeological sites in Liscarroll?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Liscarroll.
How old are the homes in Liscarroll?
25% 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 (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).