Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Milford has 19 buildings on the National Inventory
Milford has kept more old homes than most towns: 7.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1800.
Where Milford’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).
19 historic places in Milford
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 10, A to Z
9 recorded by their type and address
9 are recorded only by their type and address: 7 homes, 1 farm and estate buildings and 1 public buildings; 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 19 records, 19 give a street address.
63% of Milford’s recorded buildings are homes
In Milford, every record stops at a regional rating. Second on the record: churches and chapels, 4 of them. At the top of the record: The White Heather Inn and Milford Presbyterian Church.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Milford’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
The oldest is The White Heather Inn, from 1800.
Just outside Milford
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Milford: 3
| Saint Brigid's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Graveyard, MilfordRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Presbytery, GolandooRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
Few of Milford’s homes are newer than 2011: 2.2%, against 5.8%
No period built more of Milford than in the 2000s: 41% of its homes. Only 1.5% of Milford’s homes were built between the wars, less than the typical town’s 3.9%. Of the homes in Milford now, the larger half dates from before 2001.
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.
Milford and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford | 1,076 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramelton | 1,288 | 80 | 1 | 8 |
| Letterkenny | 22,549 | 81 | 0 | 42 |
| Newtowncunningham | 1,192 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Buncrana | 6,971 | 79 | 0 | 19 |
Milford in brief
Old houses are part of Milford’s character: 7.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 19 places on the record. Main Street alone has 8 places on the record.
Most entries on the list, 63%, are homes. Of the 19 with a date, 17 come from the 19th century. The oldest is The White Heather Inn, from 1800.
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 Milford’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Milford?
19 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Milford?
The White Heather Inn: the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Milford?
7.7% 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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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) · 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).