Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Rathcoole has 22 buildings on the National Inventory
Rathcoole’s oldest recorded building dates from 1680. Of its homes, 0.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 9 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Rathcoole has 38 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Where Rathcoole’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).
22 historic places in Rathcoole
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 9, A to Z
13 recorded by their type and address
13 are recorded only by their type and address: 9 homes, 2 street furniture and 1 inns, shops and warehouses; most date from the 19th century.
In Rathcoole, homes lead the record (59%)
There are 6 kinds of building on Rathcoole’s record. The runner-up group is public buildings: 3 records. Two of the highest-rated records are Rathcoole House and Rathcoole Church.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Rathcoole’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
5 of the 22 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Rathcoole
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.
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Cross-slab1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Graveslab1 record |
| House - 17th century1 record |
| Settlement cluster1 record |
| Holed stone1 record |
| Font1 record |
Just outside Rathcoole: 7
| Newtown LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Keatingspark HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Steelstown LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Woodfield HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Mount CarmelRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| House, CarrigeenRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| House, Carrigeen LaneRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
New homes stand out in Rathcoole: 31% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%
Just 4.5% of the homes in Rathcoole went up from 1981 to 2000, short of the typical 24%. Building between the wars left Rathcoole with 0.9% of its homes, below the usual 3.9%. 33% of Rathcoole’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980, more than in any other period.
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.
Rathcoole and its neighbours
Rathcoole in brief
Rathcoole has 22 places on the record. Of the whole list, 59% are homes. Of the 22 with a date, 14 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Rathcoole House, from 1700.
Its homes are mostly newer: 0.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 9 sites. Beyond that, it has 22 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 22); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Rathcoole’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rathcoole?
22 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Rathcoole?
House, Main Street, Rathcoole: the first date on its record is 1680.
Are there archaeological sites in Rathcoole?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 9 archaeological sites inside Rathcoole.
How old are the homes in Rathcoole?
0.9% 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.
History is described here, not graded.
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).