RegChurch / chapel · 1820–1860Catholic Church of the Sacred HeartNurneyPhoto: Madhbh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart · Photo: Madhbh · CC BY-SA 4.05buildings on the National Inventory
History of Nurney · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Nurney: 5 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Nurney goes back at least to 1820, the date of its oldest recorded building. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
5
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
4
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1820
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Nurney’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 Nurney
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1850–1890O'BrienNurney
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1850–1890The PresbyteryNurney
Bridge · 1875–1880Nurney BridgeNurney
Handball alley · 1930–1940Handball alley, Nurney
What’s recorded
Nurney and its edges: homes first, 56%
Beyond Nurney’s edge the record is older still: 1760. 2 records make churches and chapels the second group. Leading the record by rating: Gorteen House and Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart.
Homes5
Churches and chapels2
Walls, gates and bridges1
Other 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.
How old
Most of Nurney’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18994
1900 and later to today1
The oldest is Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, from 1820.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Nurney
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
4 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.
| Graveyard2 records |
| Religious house - unclassified1 record |
| Church1 record |
Just outside Nurney: 4
| Gorteen HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Nurney ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| House, Walterstown (Nurney Ed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Farm house, Mylerstown (Harristown Ed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Nurney’s homes are mostly modern: 2% predate 1919, where most towns have 3.4%
Since 2011 Nurney has added 8.8% of its homes, more than the typical town’s 5.8%. Against a typical 3.9%, only 0.7% of Nurney’s homes went up between the wars. Building from 1946 to 1980 fell short in Nurney: 11%, against 24% in most towns.
2%
Before 1919
0.7%
1919–45
11%
1946–80
30%
1981–2000
48%
2001–10
8.8%
Since 2011
NurneyTypical 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
Nurney and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurney | 497 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Kildare | 10,302 | 97 | 2 | 68 |
| Curragh Camp | 1,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 104 | 5 | 6 |
| Athy | 11,035 | 178 | 5 | 26 |
| Athgarvan | 1,193 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Newbridge | 24,366 | 89 | 1 | 4 |
In brief
Nurney in brief
Nurney has 5 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 4 of 5. The oldest, Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, dates from 1820. Its homes are mostly newer: 2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Charles Harvey Bagot (1788) was born here before 1900; and it also has 4 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 Nurney’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Nurney?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Nurney?
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart: the first date on its record is 1820.
Are there archaeological sites in Nurney?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Nurney.
How old are the homes in Nurney?
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 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).