Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Millstreet: 16 buildings on the National Inventory
Millstreet has kept more old homes than most towns: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1790. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 10 archaeological sites.
Millstreet in pictures
Millstreet Railway Station is the one recorded place in Millstreet with a photo so far.
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.
Where Millstreet’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).
16 historic places in Millstreet
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 11, A to Z
5 recorded by their type and address
5 are recorded only by their type and address: 5 homes; most date from the 19th century.
75% of Millstreet’s recorded buildings are homes
The highest-rated include R. Barrett and Saint Anna's Church (Drishane). In second place come public buildings, with 2. Rated by importance, Millstreet’s buildings are all regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Millstreet’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 16 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Millstreet
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
10 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.
| Ringfort - rath3 records |
| Souterrain3 records |
| Kiln - lime1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Ogham stone (present location)1 record |
Just outside Millstreet: 18
| Drishane Castle (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Flintfield HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Tullig HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Aubane BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Inchileigh BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Mount Leader (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Willow BrookRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Drishane Castle (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Mount Leader (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Millstreet Railway Station (worker's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Millstreet Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Drishane Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Wallis's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Drishane Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Drishane Castle (school)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Drishane Castle (creamery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Drishane Castle (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| House, Keale SouthRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
32% of Millstreet’s homes were built in the 2000s
Millstreet’s newest homes, from 2011 or later, are 4.5%, below the usual 5.8%. In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Millstreet, 6.7%. Building from 1981 to 2000 left Millstreet with 17% of its homes, below the usual 24%.
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.
Millstreet and its neighbours
Millstreet in brief
Old houses are part of Millstreet’s character: 11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 16 places on the record. Of the whole list, 75% are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 13 of 16. The oldest, R. Barrett, dates from 1800.
The archaeological record adds 10 sites. The rest is about typical: Con Meaney (1890) and John Hooper (1846) were born here before 1900.
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 Millstreet’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Millstreet?
16 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Millstreet?
House, Killarney Road, Millstreet: the first date on its record is 1790.
Are there archaeological sites in Millstreet?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 10 archaeological sites inside Millstreet.
How old are the homes in Millstreet?
11% 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).