Bank, 21 Main Street, Colla Road, Skull · Photo: MrCorman · CC BY-SA 4.0Schull has 30 buildings on the National Inventory
Schull has kept more old homes than most towns: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1810. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 8 archaeological sites inside the town.
1 old views and 2 photos of Schull
The oldest building pictured in Schull is Holy Trinity Church (Skull), from 1850. Pictures exist for 2 of the places Schull has on the record. Schull as it was in 1910, in old photographs.
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.
Schull in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
1910From 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.
Where Schull’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).
30 historic places in Schull
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 12, A to Z
18 recorded by their type and address
18 are recorded only by their type and address: 16 homes, 1 public buildings and 1 inns, shops and warehouses; most date from the 19th century.
Main Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 30 records, 29 give a street address.
Schull’s largest group: homes, 77% of the record
Counted by type, Schull’s record runs to 4 kinds of building. Second on the record: public buildings, 3 of them. At the top of the record: Bank House and Barnett.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Schull’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
Archaeology in Schull
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
8 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.
| Church2 records |
| Standing stone1 record |
| Milling complex1 record |
| Mill - corn1 record |
| Rock art1 record |
| Cross-slab1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Just outside Schull: 7
| Sea FortRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Lowertown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Fastnet HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Copper Point LighthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Gubben CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| House, GubbeenRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| House, LowertownRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
Schull’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 28% of its homes
Split Schull’s homes at 2001 and the older side is the larger. More of Schull’s homes than usual date between the wars: 6.2%, against 3.9%. From 2011 on, Schull built 5.5% of its homes, near the typical 5.8%.
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.
5 notable people born in Schull before 1900
From Timothy O'Hea (1843) to Diarmuid O'Hegarty (1892): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Schull → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Schull and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schull | 669 | 30 | 0 | 8 |
| Bantry | 2,929 | 79 | 1 | 12 |
Schull in brief
More of Schull’s homes are old than in most places: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 30 places on the record. On Main Street alone there are 21 places on the record. Of the whole list, 77% are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 26 of 30. The oldest, Bank House, dates from 1840. Ralph Allen Sampson (1866), Timothy O'Hea (1843) and Patrick Leahy (1860) are among the 5 people 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 Schull’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Schull?
30 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Schull?
House, Colla Road, Skull: the first date on its record is 1810.
Are there archaeological sites in Schull?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Schull.
How old are the homes in Schull?
12% 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).