Castle / fortified house · 1540–1560Mallow CastleMallow
Saint Mary's Catholic Church · Photo: Caoimheen3 · CC BY-SA 4.0142buildings on the National Inventory
History of Mallow · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mallow: 142 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Mallow is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, which lists 49 archaeological sites inside it. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1530. For every 10,000 residents, Mallow has 106 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
On the National Inventory
142
106 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
49
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1530
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
4.6%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Old and new: 17 photos and 2 old views of Mallow
From 1901 to 1903, old photographs record Mallow. 18 recorded places in Mallow have a photo. The set opens with Saint Mary's Catholic Church and “House, 2 Spa Square, Mallow”.
House, 2 Spa Square, MallowRegional rating (NIAH)
Gates, Mallow CastleRegional rating (NIAH)
House, 134 Bank Place, MallowRegional rating (NIAH)
House, 29-30 O'Brien Street, MallowRegional rating (NIAH)
Garden, Mallow CastleRegional rating (NIAH)+12See 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.
Through time
Mallow from 1901 to 1903
2 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
1901
1903From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Mallow’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 142, by rating
1 National and International141 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 Mallow
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
141 more historic places in Mallow
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 71, A to Z
Allied Irish BankAnnabella HouseAvondhuAvondhu HouseBank of IrelandBearforest (demesne walls / gates / railings)Bearforest (farmyard complex)Bearforest (house)Bearforest (walled garden)Bellevue HouseBellevue House (farmyard complex)Bellevue House (gates / railings / walls)Bellevue House (walled garden)Blackrock ViaductBroadview HouseBrooksideCarrokeal HouseCatholic Church of the Resurrection of Our LordConvent of MercyDuarigleGarden, Mallow CastleGates, Mallow CastleHawthornHouse, Mallow CastleJ.J. FitzGerald MonumentJ.J. JoyceLaneLyreanearlaMallow BridgeMallow CourthouseMallow National SchoolMallow National SchoolMallow Parochial HallMallow Post OfficeMallow Railway StationMallow Railway Station (foot bridge)Mallow Railway Station (locomotive shed)Mallow Railway Station (signal box)Mallow Railway Station (water tower)Mallow Railway Station (worker's house)Mallow Town HallMillbrookMurphyO'KeefeOutbuilding, Mallow CastleOutbuilding, Mallow CastlePatrician AcademyQuartertown HouseRossmoreSaint Gobnait's Cemetery (church / chapel)Saint Gobnait's Cemetery (church / chapel)Saint Gobnait's Cemetery (sexton's house)Saint James's Church (Mallow)Saint Joseph's Parish CentreSaint Mary's Catholic ChurchSaint Mary's Church (Mallow)Saint Patrick's National SchoolShortcastle HouseSpa HouseSpring CottageSullivan Waters and CompanyT.J. LyonsThe Clock HouseThe CottageThe GarlandThe ManseThe Red HouseThe SpaTwigfieldVilla RosaWilton
70 recorded by their type and address
70 are recorded only by their type and address: 58 homes, 5 walls, gates and bridges and 2 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
18th century11
19th century55
20th century4
Historic streets
Bank Place has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Bank Place17 on the record
Shortcastle Street11 on the record
Thomas Davis Street11 on the record
Annabella Terrace8 on the record
Glenview Terrace8 on the record
Limerick Road7 on the record
Navigation Road5 on the record
Mill Street5 on the record
Bridge Street4 on the record
O'Brien Street3 on the record
Cork Road3 on the record
Of the 142 records, 94 give a street address.
What’s recorded
In Mallow, homes lead the record (67%)
All told, 10 kinds of building appear on Mallow’s record. The next biggest group is walls, gates and bridges, 12 in all. Two of the highest-rated records are Mallow Castle and “House, Mallow Castle”.
Homes95
Walls, gates and bridges12
Public buildings8
Churches and chapels8
Farm and estate buildings5
Mills, stations and works3
Street furniture3
Inns, shops and warehouses2
Memorials and tombs1
Other buildings5
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Mallow’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries18
19th century 1800–1899100
1900 and later to today24
18 of the 142 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is House, Mallow Castle, from 1530.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Mallow
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
49 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.
| Railway bridge5 records |
| Kiln - lime4 records |
| Ringfort - rath4 records |
| Fulacht fia4 records |
| Ritual site - holy well3 records |
| Church2 records |
| Country house2 records |
| Designed landscape - tree-ring2 records |
| Fever hospital1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Market-house1 record |
| Spa works/bath1 record |
| House - fortified house1 record |
| Icehouse1 record |
| 16 more kinds16 records |
Just outside Mallow: 20
| Clover HillRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Clyda Bridge (Lower)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| SummervilleSummervilleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Mount Alvernia HospitalRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| The GarrisonRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Rockforest House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Clyda Bridge (Upper)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Eden HillRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Churchview CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Firville House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Rahan ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Clyda HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Longfield's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Rockforest House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Rockforest LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Firville House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| SunnysideRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Mallow General HospitalRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Wood ViewRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Ashgrove, LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Mallow has an old housing stock: 4.6% predates 1919, the norm is 3.4%
In Mallow, homes from before 2001 outnumber all those built since. Mallow’s largest group of homes, 33%, went up in the 2000s. Homes built since 2011 are 5.4% of Mallow’s, about the 5.8% of the typical town.
4.6%
Before 1919
4.6%
1919–45
27%
1946–80
26%
1981–2000
33%
2001–10
5.4%
Since 2011
MallowTypical 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
19 notable people born in Mallow before 1900
From Cornelius Curtain (1660) to Tim Nagle (1894): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Cornelius Curtain
John Hely-Hutchinson
James Hingston Tuckey
Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan
John Baptist Purcell
John Hogan
Robert Murphy
Thomas Harte Franks
Paul Kane
Thomas Davis
Richard Quain
Henry Albert Hartland
Thomas Mathias Lenihan
William O'Brien
Patrick Augustine Sheehan
Francis Maginn
Andrew Fairbairn
James Hickey
Tim Nagle
1650170017501800185019001950
Paul Kane1810–1871 · Irish-Canadian painter
William O'Brien1852–1928 · Irish nationalist journalist and politician
John Baptist Purcell1800–1883 · Roman Catholic archbishop
JT
James Hingston Tuckey1776–1816 · Anglo-Irish explorer
Thomas Davis1814–1845 · Irish writer and activist
Patrick Augustine Sheehan1852–1913 · Irish Roman Catholic priest and writer
Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan1797–1880 · Irish physician and journalist in Lower Canada
John Hely-Hutchinson1724–1794 · Irish politician
Everyone born in Mallow → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Mallow has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 12,800 to 14,100 residents, by buildings on the record.
Neighbours
Mallow and its neighbours
In brief
Mallow in brief
Old houses are part of Mallow’s character: 4.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 142 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Mallow Castle. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more recorded buildings. Bank Place alone has 17 places on the record.
Of the whole list, 67% are homes. Of the 142 with a date, 100 come from the 19th century. The oldest is House, Mallow Castle, from 1530. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Mallow’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Mallow?
142 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Mallow are of national importance?
Mallow Castle.
What is the oldest building in Mallow?
House, Mallow Castle: the first date on its record is 1530.
Are there archaeological sites in Mallow?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 49 archaeological sites inside Mallow.
How old are the homes in Mallow?
4.6% 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).