Gate lodge · 1800–1820Woodstown House (gate lodge)Annacotty
Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Annacotty · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Annacotty: 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Annacotty’s oldest recorded building dates from 1780. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 4 archaeological sites inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Annacotty has 8.8 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48. Of its homes, 1.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
3
8.8 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
4
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1780
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
1.6%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
A look at historic Annacotty
Pictured: Mount Shannon (country house), on Annacotty’s record.
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 Annacotty’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 3, by rating
3 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
3 historic places in Annacotty
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Country house · 1870–1880Woodstown House (country house)Annacotty
Mill (water) · 1780–1800Mill (water), Annacotty
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in and around Annacotty: 57%
Just outside Annacotty, the oldest record dates from 1750. Second on the record: mills, stations and works, 2 of them. At the top of the record: Ballyclogh Mills and Mount Shannon.
Homes8
Mills, stations and works2
Public buildings1
Street furniture1
Churches and chapels1
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.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Annacotty
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.
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Earthwork1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
| Kiln - corn-drying1 record |
Just outside Annacotty: 11
| Ballyclogh MillsRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Mount Shannon (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Rich HillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Mount Shannon (icehouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Raheen HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Raheen House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Thornfield House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Thornfield House (laundry)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Garda station, AhaneRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Post box, Laghtane EastRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
Homes by age
48% of Annacotty’s homes were built in the 2000s
Just 1.1% of the homes in Annacotty went up between the wars, short of the typical 3.9%. Homes built from 1946 to 1980 make up just 7.8% of Annacotty’s, against 24% in the typical town. The last decade or so added 8.1% of Annacotty’s homes, against 5.8% in most towns.
1.6%
Before 1919
1.1%
1919–45
7.8%
1946–80
34%
1981–2000
48%
2001–10
8.1%
Since 2011
AnnacottyTypical 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
Annacotty and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annacotty | 3,398 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 21 | 0 | 59 |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Galvone | 5,412 | 49 | 15 | 12 |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 68 | 2 | 121 |
| Castleconnell | 2,488 | 43 | 0 | 12 |
In brief
Annacotty in brief
The official list counts 3 places on the record in Annacotty. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest is Woodstown House, from 1800. The rest is about typical: it has 3 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 11); 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 Annacotty’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Annacotty?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Annacotty?
Mill (water), Annacotty: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Annacotty?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Annacotty.
How old are the homes in Annacotty?
1.6% 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).