NatCountry house · 1800–1837Macroom Castle (country house)West Square, MacroomPhoto: Mith · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Macroom Castle (country house) · Photo: Mith · CC BY-SA 3.048buildings on the National Inventory
History of Macroom · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Macroom has 48 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Old homes stand out in Macroom: 7.3% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 12 archaeological sites inside it. The oldest record dates from 1780. Macroom has 117 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
48
117 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
12
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1780
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
7.3%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
6 pictures of historic Macroom
Pictures exist for 3 of the places Macroom has on the record. You can start with Macroom Castle (country house) and Saint Colman's Church (Macroom). Macroom Castle, dated 1800, is the oldest pictured in Macroom.
Saint Colman's Church (Macroom)Regional rating (NIAH)
Macroom Market HouseRegional rating (NIAH)
Hanover Hall BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Laney BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
New BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)+1See all photosPhotos 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.
The map
Where Macroom’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 48, by rating
1 National and International47 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).
National and International
One place of national importance in Macroom
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
47 more historic places in Macroom
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 18, A to Z
A. GoldenAllid Irish BankAras MhuireCastle Garage (house)Castle Garage (house)Castleville HouseD. Murray (house)D. Murray (house)Gurteenroe HouseMacroom Castle (gate lodge)Macroom CourthouseMacroom Market HouseMacroom Post OfficeMasseytown HouseSaint Colman's Church (Macroom)Saint Colman's HouseSunnyside HouseW.J. Twohig
29 recorded by their type and address
29 are recorded only by their type and address: 23 homes, 3 street furniture and 1 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
18th century2
19th century25
20th century2
Historic streets
New Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
New Street9 on the record
Main Street8 on the record
South Square6 on the record
West Square5 on the record · 1 of national importance
Castle Street3 on the record
Of the 48 records, 39 give a street address.
What’s recorded
Macroom’s largest group: homes, 81% of the record
At the top of the record: Macroom Castle and Gurteenroe House. The runner-up group is street furniture: 3 records. Across its record, Macroom takes in 7 kinds of building.
Homes39
Street furniture3
Public buildings2
Walls, gates and bridges1
Mills, stations and works1
Memorials and tombs1
Churches and chapels1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Macroom’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries2
19th century 1800–189940
1900 and later to today6
2 of the 48 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Gurteenroe House, from 1780.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Macroom
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
12 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.
| Fulacht fia2 records |
| Mill - corn2 records |
| Standing stone1 record |
| Burial ground1 record |
| Souterrain1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Historic town1 record |
Just outside Macroom: 25
| CodrumRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Coolcour House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Coolcour House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Hanover Hall BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Laney BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Bealick MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Annahala BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Coolyhane HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Firville HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Lee ViewRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| New BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Saint Colman's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Raleigh House (folly)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Raleigh House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Coolyhane CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Convent (convent / nunnery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Convent (convent / nunnery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Gate lodge, Saint Mary's ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| School, Saint Mary's ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Firville House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Since 2011, Macroom has added 13% of its homes, against a usual 5.8%
By 2001, Macroom had built the greater part of the homes it has now. No period built more of Macroom than in the 2000s: 33% of its homes. Macroom has an unusual share of homes built between the wars: 6.4%, where most towns have 3.9%.
7.3%
Before 1919
6.4%
1919–45
19%
1946–80
21%
1981–2000
33%
2001–10
13%
Since 2011
MacroomTypical 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.
Born here
12 notable people born in Macroom before 1900
From Edward Worthington (1750) to Con Kelleher (1891): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Edward Worthington
John Horgan
Cornelius O'Mahony
Olivia Charlotte Guinness, Baroness Ardilaun
T. C. Murray
Daniel Corkery
Jack Lehane
William Kelleher
Michael John O'Leary
John Lynch
Jeremiah Hurley
Con Kelleher
175017751800182518501875190019251950
Michael John O'Leary1890–1961 · Recipient of the Victoria Cross
T. C. Murray1873–1959 · Irish dramatist
DC
Daniel Corkery1883–1961 · Irish politician
JH
Jeremiah Hurley1891–1943 · Irish politician and trade unionist
EW
Edward Worthington1750–1804 · Irish-American pioneer (c. 1754 – 1818)
John Horgan1834–1907 · Australian politician, 1834-1907
Olivia Charlotte Guinness, Baroness Ardilaun1850–1925 · Irish philanthropist
CO
Cornelius O'Mahony1840–1879 · Political prisoner and settler of Western Australia
Everyone born in Macroom → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Macroom has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,800 to 4,400 residents, by buildings on the record.
Macroom48
#4 of 16for buildings on the record per resident (117 per 10,000). St Luke's, Castleblayney and Charleville lead.
Only St Luke's, Castleblayney and Charleville have more. The typical town its size has 19.
Neighbours
Macroom and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macroom | 4,096 | 48 | 1 | 12 |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
In brief
Macroom in brief
More of Macroom’s homes are old than in most places: 7.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 48 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Macroom Castle. For its size, it has more recorded buildings than 76% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Only 3 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more recorded buildings.
On New Street alone there are 9 places on the record. Of the whole list, 81% are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 40 of 48.
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 Macroom’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Macroom?
48 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Macroom are of national importance?
Macroom Castle (country house).
What is the oldest building in Macroom?
Bridge, Macroom: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Macroom?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 12 archaeological sites inside Macroom.
How old are the homes in Macroom?
7.3% 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).