Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Mountmellick: 54 buildings on the National Inventory
Mountmellick has kept more old homes than most towns: 9.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 3 archaeological sites inside it. The oldest record dates from 1650. Mountmellick has 110 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Landmarks of Mountmellick
Mountmellick as it was in 1910, in old photographs. So far only Saint Joseph's Catholic Church is photographed among Mountmellick’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.
Mountmellick from 1910 to 1910
2 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
1910
1910sFrom Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Mountmellick’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
54 historic places in Mountmellick
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 29, A to Z
25 recorded by their type and address
25 are recorded only by their type and address: 22 other buildings and 3 homes; most date from the 19th century.
Patrick Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 54 records, 53 give a street address.
Mountmellick’s largest group: homes, 17% of the record
Mountmellick shows 7 kinds of building on its record. The national figure for homes is 62%, above Mountmellick’s. 5 records make churches and chapels the second group.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Mountmellick’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
6 of the 54 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Mountmellick
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
3 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.
| Historic town1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Just outside Mountmellick: 7
| Summergrove HouseNational rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Knightstown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Portnahinch BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| GaroonRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Aqueduct, DebicotRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, Cloonagh (Ti. By.) Mountmellick Rural EdRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Bridge, DerrycloneyRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
Mountmellick grew fastest in the 2000s, when 39% of its homes were built
Building between the wars left Mountmellick with 7.9% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. New building has been slow in Mountmellick: 3.9% of homes date from 2011 on, where most towns have 5.8%. In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1946 to 1980; in Mountmellick only 19%.
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.
3 notable people born in Mountmellick before 1900
From John Shaw (1773) to James Jeffrey Roche (1847): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Mountmellick → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Mountmellick and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 54 | 0 | 3 |
| Portlaoise | 23,494 | 185 | 6 | 17 |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 68 | 1 | 14 |
| Mountrath | 2,070 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Stradbally | 1,404 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 104 | 5 | 6 |
Mountmellick in brief
More of Mountmellick’s homes are old than in most places: 9.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 54 places on the record. On Patrick Street alone there are 11 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 48 of 54. The oldest, J. Dooley, dates from 1750.
James Jeffrey Roche (1847), John Shaw (1773) and Ann Jellicoe (1823) were all born here before 1900. Beyond that, it has 54 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 57); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and it also has 3 archaeological sites.
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 Mountmellick’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Mountmellick?
54 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Mountmellick?
Building, O'Connell Square, Mountmellick: the first date on its record is 1650.
Are there archaeological sites in Mountmellick?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites inside Mountmellick.
How old are the homes in Mountmellick?
9.3% 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).