Midleton: 139 buildings on the National Inventory, 3 of them of national importance

Cork BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)Midleton LibraryRegional rating (NIAH)Graveyard, Church Road, BallynacorraRegional rating (NIAH)Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Most Holy RosaryRegional rating (NIAH)Clonmult MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)+3See all photos

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.

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From 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 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).

68 recorded by their type and address

68 are recorded only by their type and address: 60 homes, 3 street furniture and 2 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.

See all 68 on the map

Of the 139 records, 119 give a street address.

27 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.

Just outside Midleton: 18

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.

Edward Bransfield

Joseph Welland

James Martin

Osborne Augustus Lochrane

Walter Moxon

Tom Horan

Jeremiah Leahy

Patrick Moore

Mick Coleman

Jimmy Ramsell

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Edward Bransfield1785–1852 · Royal Navy officer and explorer

Tom Horan1854–1916 · Australian cricketer

James Martin1820–1886 · Politician and judge; Premier of New South Wales

JW

Joseph Welland1798–1860 · Architect

Osborne Augustus Lochrane1829–1887 · American judge

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Walter Moxon1836–1886 · Physician born in Ireland who worked in London

JL

Jeremiah Leahy1866–1950 · Gaelic footballer

PM

Patrick Moore1867– · Irish Gaelic footballer

Everyone born in Midleton → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

More of Midleton’s homes are old than in most places: 7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 139 places on the record, 3 of them in the top tier, including Midleton College. Only 3 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more recorded buildings. On Main Street alone there are 35 places on the record.

Of the whole list, 73% are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 96 of 139. The oldest, Midleton College, dates from 1695. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.