St. Pius X Church · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Old homes in Moville: 17% built before 1919
For Moville, that is 5 times the typical town’s share, 3.4%. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 54 buildings in Moville. Its oldest building dates from 1500. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites.
7 pictures of Moville today and 2 from before 1950
First come St. Pius X Church and Moville Methodist Church. Pictures exist for 14 of the places Moville has on the record. The old photographs show Moville between 1905 and 1907.
Moville Methodist ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Moville Dental SurgeryRegional rating (NIAH)
Moville Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Cooly GraveyardRegional rating (NIAH)
Glebe BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)+2See all photosPhotos 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.
Moville from 1905 to 1907
2 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
1905
c. 1907From 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 Moville’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).
53 historic places in Moville
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 25, A to Z
28 recorded by their type and address
28 are recorded only by their type and address: 23 homes, 3 walls, gates and bridges and 2 mills, stations and works; most date from the 19th century.
Bath Terrace and Montgomery Terrace have the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 53 records, 40 give a street address.
More homes than anything else in Moville: 74%
Compared with the National Inventory (7%), Moville has a high share of churches and chapels: 11%. Two of the highest-rated records are New Park and The Thatch. No record in Moville reaches national importance; they are rated regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Moville’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
4 of the 53 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Moville
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
3 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.
| Bridge1 record |
| Cross-slab (present location)1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
Just outside Moville: 14
| Cooly GraveyardRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Carrickarory HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Carrickarory PierRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Glebe BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Moville LighthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Scoil BhrídeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| House, GlencrowRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, GlencrowRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| House, GulladooRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Outbuilding, GlencrowRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, Gulladoo LowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Walled garden, MovilleRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Gate lodge, MovilleRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Gate lodge, MovilleRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
New homes are rare in Moville: 3.4% since 2011, against a usual 5.8%
Half of the homes standing in Moville today were built before 2001. Moville’s largest group of homes, 27%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Homes built between the wars make up 4.6% of Moville’s, about the typical 3.9%.
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.
Moville and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moville | 1,390 | 54 | 0 | 3 |
| Greencastle | 1,268 | 32 | 0 | 5 |
| Carndonagh | 2,768 | 32 | 0 | 17 |
Moville in brief
Old houses are part of Moville’s character: 17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 53 places on the record. Bath Terrace alone has 10 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 74%, are homes.
Of the 53 with a date, 45 come from the 19th century. The oldest is New Park, from 1770. Beyond that, Robert Montgomery (1809) was born here before 1900; and it also has 3 archaeological sites.
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 Moville’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Moville?
54 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Moville?
Bridge, Moville: the first date on its record is 1500.
Are there archaeological sites in Moville?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites inside Moville.
How old are the homes in Moville?
17% 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) · 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).