NatChurch / chapel · 1835–1845Saint MacCullin's Church (Lusk)Church Road, Main Street, LuskPhoto: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Saint MacCullin's Church (Lusk) · Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.014buildings on the National Inventory
History of Lusk · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Lusk: 14 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
History in Lusk goes back at least to 1700, the date of its oldest recorded building. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 30 archaeological sites inside the town. 1.3% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. For every 10,000 residents, Lusk has 16 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
On the National Inventory
14
16 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
30
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1700
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
1.3%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Look around Lusk: 5 photos
3 of Lusk’s recorded places are photographed. The set opens with Saint MacCullin's Church (Lusk) and Saint MacCullin's Catholic Church. Pictured and oldest in Lusk: Saint MacCullin's Church (Lusk), 1835.
Saint MacCullin's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Lusk Community HallRegional rating (NIAH)
Pier, Balleally EastRegional rating (NIAH)
Rush and Lusk Railway StationRegional 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.
The map
Where Lusk’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 14, by rating
1 National and International13 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).
National and International
One place of national importance in Lusk
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
13 more historic places in Lusk
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 7, A to Z
6 recorded by their type and address
6 are recorded only by their type and address: 5 street furniture and 1 homes; most date from the 19th century.
19th century5
20th century1
What’s recorded
More street furniture than the national record: 36% in Lusk, 3% across Ireland
The runner-up group is homes: 4 records. At the top of the record: Saint MacCullin's Church and Clay Cottage. There are 4 kinds of building on Lusk’s record.
Street furniture5
Homes4
Public buildings3
Churches and chapels2
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Lusk’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries1
19th century 1800–18999
1900 and later to today4
1 of the 14 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Clay Cottage, from 1700.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Lusk
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
30 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.
| Fulacht fia2 records |
| Habitation site2 records |
| House - early medieval2 records |
| Enclosure2 records |
| Excavation - miscellaneous2 records |
| Ecclesiastical site1 record |
| Round tower1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Sheela-na-gig1 record |
| Tomb - effigial (present location)1 record |
| Stone head1 record |
| Ring-ditch1 record |
| 10 more kinds10 records |
Just outside Lusk: 14
| Corduff HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Rose CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Rush and Lusk Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Rusk and Lusk Railway Station (station master's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Rusk and Lusk Railway Station (signal box)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Horestone HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| House, Corduff (Hackett)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Farm house, CorduffhalRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| House, Corduff (Hackett)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, CorduffhalRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Pier, Balleally EastRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Farmyard complex, EffelstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Water pump, Corduff (Hackett)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Post box, Corduff CommonRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Lusk has more new homes than most: 15% since 2011, against 5.8%
Homes dated between the wars are scarcer in Lusk than in most towns: 0.7%, against 3.9%. Building in the 2000s went further in Lusk than in most towns: 55%, against 25%. Lusk added comparatively little from 1946 to 1980: 13% of its homes, the typical town 24%.
1.3%
Before 1919
0.7%
1919–45
13%
1946–80
15%
1981–2000
55%
2001–10
15%
Since 2011
LuskTypical 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
Lusk and its neighbours
In brief
Lusk in brief
The official list counts 14 places on the record in Lusk, 1 of them in the top tier, including Saint MacCullin's Church (Lusk). Of the 14 with a date, 9 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Clay Cottage, from 1700.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 30 archaeological sites on the record. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 14 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 44); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Lusk’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Lusk?
14 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Lusk are of national importance?
Saint MacCullin's Church (Lusk).
What is the oldest building in Lusk?
Clay Cottage: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Lusk?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 30 archaeological sites inside Lusk.
How old are the homes in Lusk?
1.3% 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).