RegChurch / chapel · 1955–1965Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint JosephCarraghPhoto: Robin Pollard · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint Joseph · Photo: Robin Pollard · CC BY 3.02buildings on the National Inventory
History of Carragh · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Carragh has 2 buildings on the National Inventory
Carragh’s oldest recorded building dates from 1830. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 2 archaeological sites inside the town.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
2
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1830
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2.5%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Carragh’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 2, by rating
2 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
2 historic places in Carragh
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1830–1870Liffey LodgeGingerstown
What’s recorded
In and around Carragh, 57% of the records are homes
No record in Carragh reaches national importance; they are rated regional. Two of the highest-rated records are Carragh Bridge and Liffey Lodge. Beyond Carragh’s edge the record is older still: 1700.
Homes4
Churches and chapels1
Walls, gates and bridges1
Street furniture1
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 Carragh
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 Carragh: 5
| Carragh BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Farm house, Thomastown (Carragh Ed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| House, Thomastown (Carragh Ed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| House, StickinsRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Post box, Thomastown (Carragh Ed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
Homes by age
9.5% of Carragh’s homes are newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Fewer of Carragh’s homes than usual date between the wars: 1.4%, against 3.9%. Homes built in the 2000s make up 64% of Carragh’s, against 25% in the typical town. In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1981 to 2000; in Carragh only 10%.
2.5%
Before 1919
1.4%
1919–45
12%
1946–80
10%
1981–2000
64%
2001–10
9.5%
Since 2011
CarraghTypical 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
Carragh and its neighbours
In brief
Carragh in brief
The official list counts 2 places on the record in Carragh. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest is Liffey Lodge, from 1830. Beyond that, 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 Carragh’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Carragh?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Carragh?
Liffey Lodge: the first date on its record is 1830.
Are there archaeological sites in Carragh?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Carragh.
How old are the homes in Carragh?
2.5% 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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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).