Gates / railings / walls · 1780–1820Ross Castle (gates / railings / walls)Ross Demesne
3buildings on the National Inventory
History of Rosscahill · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Rosscahill has 3 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Rosscahill goes back at least to 1780, the date of its oldest recorded building. Of its homes, 1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
2
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1780
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
1%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Rosscahill’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 3, by rating
3 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).
Regional and other sites
3 historic places in Rosscahill
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Railway station · 1890–1900Ross Railway StationRosscahill East
Post box · 1900–1920Post box, Rosscahill
What’s recorded
Level pegging in Rosscahill: street furniture and homes, 3 apiece
Rosscahill’s most recent recorded building is from 1900. Leading the record by rating: Ross Castle and Ross Railway Station. The wider area’s record reaches back to 1570, earlier than Rosscahill’s own.
Street furniture3
Homes3
Mills, stations and works2
Walls, gates and bridges1
Farm and estate buildings1
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 and around
Archaeology in Rosscahill
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 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 |
Just outside Rosscahill: 7
| Ross Castle (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Ross Castle (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Ross Castle (kiln)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Ross Castle (boathouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| House, KillanninRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Water pump, Porridgetown EastRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Water pump, Rosscahill WestRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Most of Rosscahill’s homes went up in the 2000s: 42%
Homes dated between the wars are scarcer in Rosscahill than in most towns: 2%, against 3.9%. New building in Rosscahill runs at the usual pace: 5% of homes date from 2011 on, the typical town 5.8%. Building from 1981 to 2000 left Rosscahill with 31% of its homes, above the usual 24%.
1%
Before 1919
2%
1919–45
20%
1946–80
31%
1981–2000
42%
2001–10
5%
Since 2011
RosscahillTypical 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
Rosscahill and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosscahill | 327 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Maigh Cuilinn | 2,279 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Oughterard | 1,846 | 18 | 0 | 21 |
| Headford | 1,235 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Rahoon | 3,486 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Dangan | 4,621 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Knocknacarra | 18,398 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
In brief
Rosscahill in brief
Rosscahill has 3 places on the record. Its homes are mostly newer: 1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest, Ross Castle, dates from 1780. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 2 archaeological sites.
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 Rosscahill’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rosscahill?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Rosscahill?
Ross Castle: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Rosscahill?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Rosscahill.
How old are the homes in Rosscahill?
1% 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).