Church / chapel · 1815–1820Milltown Church (Kilcolman)Church Street, Milltown
Photo: Zairon · CC BY 4.05buildings on the National Inventory
History of Milltown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Milltown has 5 buildings on the National Inventory
Milltown’s oldest recorded building dates from 1815. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site.
On the National Inventory
5
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
1
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1815
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
5.2%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Milltown’s landmarks
The photo shows Killagh Priory St. Mary de Bello Loco, one of Milltown’s recorded places.
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.
The map
Where Milltown’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 5, by rating
5 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
5 historic places in Milltown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Court house · 1820–1840The Old BridewellMain Street, Chapel Lane, Milltown
Gates / railings / walls · 1840–1870Kilcolman AbbeyThe Square, Milltown
Convent / nunnery · 1840–1860The MonasteryChurch Street, Milltown
Church / chapel · 1870–1890Catholic Church of the Sacred HeartChurch Street, Milltown
What’s recorded
More churches and chapels than anything else in and around Milltown: 60%
The rating keeps Milltown’s record at regional importance throughout. Leading the record by rating: Milltown Church (Kilcolman) and The Old Bridewell. Milltown’s most recent recorded building is from 1870.
Churches and chapels3
Walls, gates and bridges1
Homes1
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 Milltown
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Castle - tower house1 record |
Just outside Milltown: 1
| Killagh Priory St. Mary de Bello LocoArchaeological monument (SMR) · 700 m outside the town |
Homes by age
A growing town: 15% of Milltown’s homes date from 2011 on, the norm is 5.8%
Just 0.8% of the homes in Milltown went up between the wars, short of the typical 3.9%. The typical town has 3.4% of its homes from before 1919, Milltown 5.2%. More of Milltown’s homes than usual date in the 2000s: 51%, against 25%.
5.2%
Before 1919
0.8%
1919–45
15%
1946–80
13%
1981–2000
51%
2001–10
15%
Since 2011
MilltownTypical 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
Milltown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milltown | 1,118 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Killorglin | 2,163 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Tralee | 26,079 | 283 | 8 | 119 |
| Killarney | 14,412 | 100 | 4 | 59 |
In brief
Milltown in brief
Old houses are part of Milltown’s character: 5.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 5 places on the record. The oldest is Milltown Church (Kilcolman), from 1815. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most dated ones come from the 19th century; and it also has an archaeological site.
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 Milltown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Milltown?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Milltown?
Milltown Church (Kilcolman): the first date on its record is 1815.
Are there archaeological sites in Milltown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Milltown.
How old are the homes in Milltown?
5.2% 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).