Roscam · Photo: Elfy4eva · CC BY-SA 4.0Murrough has 4 buildings on the National Inventory
0.3% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1780. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 17 archaeological sites inside the town. Murrough has 14 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Where Murrough’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).
5 historic places in Murrough
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
SMRIn and around Murrough, 50% of the records are homes
All of Murrough’s recorded buildings carry a regional rating. The highest-rated include Ardfry House and Murroogh House. Just outside Murrough, the oldest record dates from 1760.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology in Murrough
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
17 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.
| Graveslab3 records |
| Bullaun stone2 records |
| Designed landscape - folly1 record |
| Standing stone1 record |
| Cist1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Round tower1 record |
| Holed stone1 record |
| Cross-slab1 record |
| Leacht1 record |
| Architectural fragment1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
Just outside Murrough: 2
| Ardfry House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Ardfry House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
49% of Murrough’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000
Homes dated between the wars are scarcer in Murrough than in most towns: 0.1%, against 3.9%. Murrough added comparatively little from 1946 to 1980: 17% of its homes, the typical town 24%. The last decade or so added 5.9% of Murrough’s homes, much as in most towns (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.
Murrough and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murrough | 2,909 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Mervue | 4,126 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballybane | 15,082 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| Eyre Square | 6,801 | 81 | 2 | 27 |
| Castlegar | 4,315 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | 4,948 | 120 | 6 | 59 |
| Claddagh | 2,755 | 19 | 0 | 11 |
Murrough in brief
Murrough has 5 places on the record. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 17 sites. The oldest, Murroogh House, dates from 1780. Beyond that, it has 4 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 9); 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 Murrough’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Murrough?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Murrough?
Murroogh House: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Murrough?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 17 archaeological sites inside Murrough.
How old are the homes in Murrough?
0.3% 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.
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).