History of Mitchelstown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mitchelstown has 111 buildings on the National Inventory
Few towns its size have as much on the record as Mitchelstown: 296 buildings per 10,000 residents, more than 94% of them. 13% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The Sites and Monuments Record marks it as a historic town and lists 18 archaeological sites inside it. Its oldest building dates from 1775.
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Where Mitchelstown’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 111, by rating
111 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
111 historic places in Mitchelstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
King's Square17 on the record
Lower Cork Street16 on the record
New Market Square7 on the record
Baldwin Street6 on the record
Convent Hill6 on the record
Upper Cork Street5 on the record
Church Hill4 on the record
George Street3 on the record
Of the 111 records, 72 give a street address.
What’s recorded
Mitchelstown’s record leans to homes: 73%
At the top of the record: Ballinwillin House and Gardenhurst. 9 records make churches and chapels the second group. None of Mitchelstown’s records is rated of national importance; all are of regional interest.
Homes81
Churches and chapels9
Walls, gates and bridges7
Public buildings5
Memorials and tombs2
Farm and estate buildings1
Inns, shops and warehouses1
Mills, stations and works1
Street furniture1
Other buildings3
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Mitchelstown’s dated buildings come from the 16th to 18th centuries
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries55
19th century 1800–189947
1900 and later to today9
55 of the 111 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Ballinwillin House, from 1775.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Mitchelstown
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
18 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.
Church5 records
Graveyard2 records
Ritual site - holy well1 record
Round tower1 record
Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record
Almshouse1 record
Market-house1 record
Barracks1 record
Historic town1 record
Fever hospital1 record
Mill - unclassified1 record
Burnt mound1 record
Enclosure1 record
Just outside Mitchelstown: 15
Killee BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town
Most of Mitchelstown’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980: 27%
From 2011 on, Mitchelstown built 5% of its homes, near the typical 5.8%. Building between the wars left Mitchelstown with 7.1% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. Half of the homes standing in Mitchelstown today were built before 2001.
13%
Before 1919
7.1%
1919–45
27%
1946–80
25%
1981–2000
24%
2001–10
5%
Since 2011
MitchelstownTypical 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
5 notable people born in Mitchelstown before 1900
From Margaret King (1773) to Charles Kingston O'Mahony (1884): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Margaret King
John Roach
John Dunne
Cornelius Chamberlain
Charles Kingston O'Mahony
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Margaret King1773–1835 · Irish writer
John Roach1815–1887 · American businessman
JD
John Dunne1845–1919 · Bishop
CC
Cornelius Chamberlain1882–1943 · Australian rules footballer and cricketer
Charles Kingston O'Mahony1884–1944 · Irish journalist and author (c. 1884–1944)
Everyone born in Mitchelstown → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Mitchelstown has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,500 to 3,900 residents, by buildings on the record.
Few towns are as rich in recorded buildings as Mitchelstown: per resident it has more than 94% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. In all there are 111 places on the record. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more recorded buildings.
King's Square alone has 17 places on the record. Of the whole list, 73% are homes. Margaret King (1773), John Roach (1815) and John Dunne (1845) are among the 5 people born here before 1900.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
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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.
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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.
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The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Mitchelstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Mitchelstown?
111 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Mitchelstown?
Almshouse, 1 Kingston College, King's Square, Mitchelstown: the first date on its record is 1775.
Are there archaeological sites in Mitchelstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 18 archaeological sites inside Mitchelstown.
How old are the homes in Mitchelstown?
13% 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).
Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0
c. 1887
