Church / chapel · 1725–1745Muff ChurchMuff
Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Muff · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Muff has 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Muff’s oldest recorded building dates from 1725. 1.6% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1725
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
1.6%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Muff’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 3, by rating
3 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
3 historic places in Muff
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RIC barracks · 1860–1890Muff Garda Síochána StationMuff
Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house · 1880–1900The RectoryMuff
What’s recorded
53% of the records in and around Muff are homes
No record in Muff reaches national importance; they are rated regional. In second place come churches and chapels, with 3. Among the highest-rated: Muff Church and Kilderry House.
Homes8
Churches and chapels3
Public buildings2
Walls, gates and bridges2
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Muff
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Muff: 12
| Kilderry HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Drumskellan BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| St. Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Laurel HillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| The ManseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Knowhead Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Hall, Knowhead Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Farm house, EskaheenRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Farm house, Lenamore MiddleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| House, Mitchells TownRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Gates, EskaheenRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Farm house, Lenamore MiddleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
56% of Muff’s homes were built in the 2000s
Just 1.2% of the homes in Muff went up between the wars, short of the typical 3.9%. Building from 1946 to 1980 fell short in Muff: 12%, against 24% in most towns. New building has been slow in Muff: 4.3% of homes date from 2011 on, where most towns have 5.8%.
1.6%
Before 1919
1.2%
1919–45
12%
1946–80
25%
1981–2000
56%
2001–10
4.3%
Since 2011
MuffTypical 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.
Neighbours
Muff and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muff | 1,418 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Buncrana | 6,971 | 79 | 0 | 19 |
| Newtowncunningham | 1,192 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
In brief
Muff in brief
The official list counts 3 places on the record in Muff. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest is Muff Church, from 1725.
How to read these numbers
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 Muff’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Muff?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Muff?
Muff Church: the first date on its record is 1725.
How old are the homes in Muff?
1.6% 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).