Moore Abbey (garden) · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0

104buildings on the National Inventory

History of Monasterevin · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Monasterevin has 104 buildings on the National Inventory, 5 of them of national importance

History in Monasterevin goes back at least to 1700, the date of its oldest recorded building. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 6 archaeological sites. Monasterevin has 196 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.

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On the National Inventory

104

196 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48

Of national importance

NIAH National or International, and national monuments

Archaeological sites

Sites and Monuments Record

Oldest building

1700

the first date on its record

Homes built before 1919

4.8%

typical town: 3.4%

In pictures

3 photos of Monasterevin’s landmarks

The set opens with Moore Abbey (garden) and Prendergast Monument. Of the places on Monasterevin’s record, 3 have a photo here. Pictured and oldest in Monasterevin: Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Monasterevin), 1765.

Prendergast MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)

Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Monasterevin)Regional 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.

National and International

5 places of national importance in Monasterevin

Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.

Charter school · 1755–1760Monasterevin Charter SchoolMonasterevin

Country house · 1765–1775Moore Abbey (country house)Market Square, Monasterevin

Mash house · 1780–1820Cassidy and Company (mash house)Dublin Street, Monasterevin

Bridge · 1790–1810High BridgeMonasterevin

Church / chapel · 1845–1850Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint PaulDrogheda Street, Saint Mary's Lane, Monasterevin

Regional and other sites

99 more historic places in Monasterevin

Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.

All 63, A to Z

36 recorded by their type and address

36 are recorded only by their type and address: 18 homes, 8 walls, gates and bridges and 5 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.

17th century1

18th century10

19th century24

20th century1

See all 36 on the map

Historic streets

Drogheda Street has the most

Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.

Drogheda Street27 on the record · 1 of national importance

Dublin Street21 on the record · 1 of national importance

Market Square14 on the record · 1 of national importance

Moore Street8 on the record

Main Street4 on the record

Of the 104 records, 77 give a street address.

What’s recorded

The record in Monasterevin starts with homes, at 49%

10 different kinds of building make up Monasterevin’s record. That mix leans to walls, gates and bridges: 15% in Monasterevin, against 8% across the National Inventory. The highest-rated include Monasterevin Charter School and Moore Abbey.

Homes51

Walls, gates and bridges16

Public buildings5

Farm and estate buildings5

Churches and chapels5

Street furniture4

Mills, stations and works3

Inns, shops and warehouses1

Memorials and tombs1

Other buildings13

Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.

How old

Most of Monasterevin’s dated buildings come from the 19th century

Each building by the first date on its record.

1500–1799 three centuries27

19th century 1800–189968

1900 and later to today9

27 of the 104 dated ones were built before 1800.

Archaeology and around

Archaeology in Monasterevin

The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:

6 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.

Bridge1 record

Religious house - Cistercian monks1 record

Font1 record

House - 17th century1 record

Burial1 record

Habitation site1 record

Just outside Monasterevin: 11

Canal CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town

Small WonderRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town

Clonegath HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town

Macartney's Bridge and LocksRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town

Ballykelly MalthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town

Farm house, BallykellyRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town

Farm house, Mullaghroe LowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town

House, Mountrice CrossroadsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town

Bridge, MonasterevinRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town

Water pump, BallykellyRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town

Post box, Mountrice CrossroadsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town

Homes by age

20% of Monasterevin’s homes are newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)

More of the homes standing in Monasterevin today were built in the 2000s than in any other period: 35%. At 4.8%, Monasterevin’s share of pre-1919 homes is above the typical town’s 3.4%. Monasterevin added comparatively little from 1946 to 1980: 15% of its homes, the typical town 24%.

4.8%

Before 1919

3.5%

1919–45

15%

1946–80

21%

1981–2000

35%

2001–10

20%

Since 2011

MonasterevinTypical 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

Monasterevin and its neighbours

Town	People	National Inventory	National	Archaeological sites
Monasterevin	5,307	104	5	6
Portarlington	9,288	68	1	14
Rathangan	3,263	53	0	17
Kildare	10,302	97	2	68
Curragh Camp	1,076	0	0	0
Stradbally	1,404	25	0	1
Newbridge	24,366	89	1	4

In brief

Monasterevin in brief

More of Monasterevin’s homes are old than in most places: 4.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 104 places on the record, 5 of them in the top tier, including Monasterevin Charter School. For its size, it has more recorded buildings than 86% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. On Drogheda Street alone there are 27 places on the record.

Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 68 of 104. The oldest, Pass Bridge, dates from 1725. It also has 6 archaeological sites on the record. Beyond that, it has 104 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 45); and Willoughby James Hamilton (1864) and Florence Fulton Hobson (1881) were born here before 1900.

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 Monasterevin’s history

How many historic buildings are recorded in Monasterevin?

104 buildings on the National Inventory, 5 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Which places in Monasterevin are of national importance?

Monasterevin Charter School, Moore Abbey (country house), Cassidy and Company (mash house), High Bridge and Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

What is the oldest building in Monasterevin?

House, Monasterevin: the first date on its record is 1700.

Are there archaeological sites in Monasterevin?

Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 6 archaeological sites inside Monasterevin.

How old are the homes in Monasterevin?

4.8% 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 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).