Photo: Original uploader was Noelfirl at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Palmerston has 53 buildings on the National Inventory
Palmerston’s oldest recorded building dates from 1650. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 6 archaeological sites inside the town. Palmerston has 48 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town. 1.4% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
typical town: 48
Where Palmerston’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 Palmerston
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 23, A to Z
30 recorded by their type and address
30 are recorded only by their type and address: 17 homes, 4 street furniture and 3 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Mill Lane has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 53 records, 43 give a street address.
Palmerston’s record leans to homes: 58%
The runner-up group is mills, stations and works: 5 records. At the top of the record: Deadman's Inn and Brooklawn House. Every building on Palmerston’s record is rated regional, none national.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Palmerston’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
13 of the 53 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Palmerston
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
6 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.
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Barrow - ring-barrow1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Icehouse1 record |
| Quarry1 record |
Palmerston has added few homes since 2011: 1.2%, where most towns have 5.8%
Before 1981, Palmerston had already built more than half of the homes it has now. Fewer of Palmerston’s homes than usual date in the 2000s: 3.4%, against 25%. Homes built between the wars make up just 1.3% of Palmerston’s, against 3.9% in the typical 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.
Palmerston and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston | 11,012 | 53 | 0 | 6 |
| Ronanstown | 11,130 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| Ballyfermot | 3,632 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carna | 2,897 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Cherry Orchard | 8,280 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Kylemore | 2,557 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carpenterstown | 20,967 | 71 | 2 | 17 |
Palmerston in brief
The official list counts 53 places on the record in Palmerston. On Mill Lane alone there are 16 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 58%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 28 of 53. The oldest, Deadman's Inn, dates from 1700.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 6 archaeological sites on the record. The rest is about typical: it has 53 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 72); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Joseph Willcocks (1773) was born here before 1900.
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 Palmerston’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Palmerston?
53 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Palmerston?
Graveyard, Off Mill Lane, Palmerstown: the first date on its record is 1650.
Are there archaeological sites in Palmerston?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 6 archaeological sites inside Palmerston.
How old are the homes in Palmerston?
1.4% 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) · 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).