Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Gort: 54 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Gort goes back at least to 1780, the date of its oldest recorded building. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 16 archaeological sites inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Gort has 188 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Look around Gort: 4 photos
Among them: Gort Railway Station and Coole (country house). The oldest building pictured in Gort is Gort Railway Station, from 1865. Credit goes to 4 photographers, each named on the photo.
Gort Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)
Coole (country house)Regional rating (NIAH)
Kiltartan CastleArchaeological monument (SMR)
Saint Columba's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)Photos 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 Gort’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).
54 historic places in Gort
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 21, A to Z
33 recorded by their type and address
33 are recorded only by their type and address: 26 homes, 3 public buildings and 2 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 18th century.
Market Square has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 54 records, 53 give a street address.
More homes than anything else in Gort: 70%
Gort’s record covers 8 kinds of building in all. Across Ireland public buildings make up 6% of the record, so Gort’s 13% stands out. Leading the record by rating: Finnegan and Saint Patrick's Convent.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Gort’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
11 of the 54 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Finnegan, from 1780.
Archaeology in Gort
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
16 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.
| Church2 records |
| House - 18th/19th century2 records |
| Ringfort - cashel2 records |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Town1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Barracks1 record |
| Milestone1 record |
| Designed landscape feature1 record |
| Mill - corn1 record |
| Workhouse1 record |
| Fever hospital1 record |
Just outside Gort: 22
| Kiltartan CastleArchaeological monument (SMR) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Cloon HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Coole (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Coole (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Coole (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Prospect HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Roseville CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Ballynamantan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Lough Cutra Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Lough Cutra Castle (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Lough Cutra Castle (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Lough Cutra Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Lough Cutra Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Cloon BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Saint Columba's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Saint Attracta's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Kiltartan Gregory MuseumRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| House, KilbeacantyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| House, Lavally (Kiltartan By)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Road (section of), Castlequarter (Clare By), Newtown (Ed Beagh)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
Old houses stand out in Gort: 4.9% predate 1919, where most towns have 3.4%
Gort has an unusual share of homes built in the 2000s: 51%, where most towns have 25%. Building from 1946 to 1980 left Gort with 12% of its homes, below the usual 24%. New building in Gort runs at the usual pace: 6.1% of homes date from 2011 on, the typical town 5.8%.
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.
4 notable people born in Gort before 1900
From Thomas Laughnan (1824) to Bernie Gibbs (1899): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Gort → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Gort in brief
Old houses are part of Gort’s character: 4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 54 places on the record. Per resident, it has more recorded buildings than 85% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Market Square alone has 21 places on the record.
Of the whole list, 70% are homes. Of the 54 with a date, 40 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Finnegan, from 1780. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 54 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 18).
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 Gort’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Gort?
54 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Gort?
Finnegan: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Gort?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 16 archaeological sites inside Gort.
How old are the homes in Gort?
4.9% 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · 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).