Garristown Church · Photo: Offdaw · CC BY-SA 4.0Garristown has 7 buildings on the National Inventory
Garristown has kept more old homes than most towns: 8.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1700. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 9 archaeological sites inside the town.
Look around Garristown: 4 photos
Of the buildings pictured in Garristown, Garristown Church is the oldest, from 1790. 3 of Garristown’s recorded places are photographed. The set opens with Garristown Church and Catholic Church of the Assumption.
Catholic Church of the AssumptionRegional rating (NIAH)
Garristown Carnegie Free LibraryRegional rating (NIAH)
Garristown BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)+1See 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.
Where Garristown’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).
7 historic places in Garristown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
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RegGarristown and its edges: homes first, 33%
1910 brings Garristown’s record up to its newest entry. The national figure for homes is 62%, above Garristown’s. 4 records make street furniture the second group.
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.
Most of Garristown’s dated buildings come from the 16th to 18th centuries
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 7 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Garristown
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
9 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.
| Architectural fragment2 records |
| Settlement cluster1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Tomb - effigial1 record |
| Tomb - chest tomb1 record |
| Headstone1 record |
| Tomb - effigial (present location)1 record |
Just outside Garristown: 8
| Prospect Hill HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Laurel MountRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Tobergregan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Garristown BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Mill (wind), GarristownRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| House, Adamstown (Ba. W By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Post box, BaldwinstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Water pump, BaldwinstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
New homes stand out in Garristown: 16% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%
Fewer of Garristown’s homes than usual date between the wars: 2.4%, against 3.9%. Look at when Garristown’s homes went up and one period leads: in the 2000s, with 34%. The midpoint of Garristown’s housing falls before 2001: half the homes are older.
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.
Garristown and its neighbours
Garristown in brief
Old houses are part of Garristown’s character: 8.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 7 places on the record. It also has 9 archaeological sites on the record. The oldest, Garristown Church, dates from 1790.
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 Garristown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Garristown?
7 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Garristown?
Garda station, Garristown: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Garristown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 9 archaeological sites inside Garristown.
How old are the homes in Garristown?
8.4% 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 (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).