NatMartello tower · 1800–1810Rush Martello TowerTower Street, RushPhoto: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Rush Martello Tower · Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.025buildings on the National Inventory
History of Rush · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Rush: 25 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Rush’s oldest recorded building dates from 1720. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Rush has 23 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
On the National Inventory
25
23 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
5
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1720
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2.4%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Rush through 6 photographs
The oldest building pictured in Rush is Saint Maur's Catholic Church, from 1755. So far the camera has reached 5 of Rush’s recorded places. Two to begin with: Rush Martello Tower and “Harbour, Harbour Road, Rush”.
Harbour, Harbour Road, RushRegional rating (NIAH)
Kenure Church (Lusk)Regional rating (NIAH)
Kenure Park (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH)
Saint Maur's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Kenure Park (country house)Regional 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 Rush’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 25, by rating
1 National and International24 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 Rush
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
24 more historic places in Rush
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 13, A to Z
11 recorded by their type and address
11 are recorded only by their type and address: 6 homes, 3 street furniture and 1 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
18th century4
19th century7
Historic streets
Lower Main Street and Sandy Road have the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Lower Main Street4 on the record
Sandy Road4 on the record
Skerries Road4 on the record
Whitestown Road3 on the record
Chapel Green3 on the record
Of the 25 records, 24 give a street address.
What’s recorded
64% of Rush’s recorded buildings are homes
There are 6 kinds of building on Rush’s record. The next biggest group is street furniture, 3 in all. Two of the highest-rated records are Rush Martello Tower and Kenure Park.
Homes16
Street furniture3
Walls, gates and bridges2
Churches and chapels2
Mills, stations and works1
Other buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Rush’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries8
19th century 1800–189916
1900 and later to today1
8 of the 25 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Kenure Park, from 1720.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Rush
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
5 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.
| Windmill1 record |
| Well1 record |
| Martello tower1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Excavation - miscellaneous1 record |
Just outside Rush: 7
| Knockdromin (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Kenure Park (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Kenure Park (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Whitestown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Knockdromin (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Graveyard, Rush DemesneRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Graveyard, Whitestown (Ba. E By.) Lusk EdRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Since 2011, Rush has added 12% of its homes, against a usual 5.8%
Few of Rush’s homes date between the wars: 3%, the norm 3.9%. Homes from before 1919 are 2.4% of Rush’s housing, below the typical town’s 3.4%. 31% of Rush’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000, more than in any other period.
2.4%
Before 1919
3%
1919–45
21%
1946–80
31%
1981–2000
31%
2001–10
12%
Since 2011
RushTypical 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
Rush and its neighbours
In brief
Rush in brief
The official list counts 25 places on the record in Rush, 1 of them in the top tier, including Rush Martello Tower. Of the whole list, 64% are homes. Of the 25 with a date, 16 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Kenure Park, from 1720.
Its homes are mostly newer: 2.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 5 sites. Beyond that, it has 25 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 72); 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 Rush’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rush?
25 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Rush are of national importance?
Rush Martello Tower.
What is the oldest building in Rush?
House, 16 Lower Main Street, Rush: the first date on its record is 1720.
Are there archaeological sites in Rush?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Rush.
How old are the homes in Rush?
2.4% 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.
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) · 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).