Bridge · 1800–1840Athea BridgeAthea
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History of Athea · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Athea: 11 buildings on the National Inventory
Athea has kept more old homes than most towns: 13% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1800.
On the National Inventory
11
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Athea’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 11, by rating
11 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
11 historic places in Athea
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Country house · 1800–1840New Park HouseAthea
Church / chapel · 1830–1835Saint Bartholomew's Catholic ChurchCon Colbert Street, Athea
House · 1840–1880C.P. MullaneCon Colbert Street, Athea
Garda station / constabulary barracks · 1900–1940Athea Garda Síochána StationBarrack Street, Athea
Library / archive · 1915–1920Athea Carnegie LibraryBarrack Street, Athea
House · 1820–1860House, Con Colbert Street, Athea
House · 1840–1880House, Athea
Water pump · 1900–1940Water pump, Athea
Water pump · 1900–1940Water pump, Con Colbert Street, Athea
Handball alley · 1930–1970Handball alley, Athea
What’s recorded
The record in Athea starts with homes, at 36%
2 records make public buildings the second group. Leading the record by rating: Athea Bridge and New Park House. In Athea, every record stops at a regional rating.
Homes4
Public buildings2
Street furniture2
Walls, gates and bridges1
Churches and chapels1
Other buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Athea’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18996
1900 and later to today5
The oldest is Athea Bridge, from 1800.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Athea
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Athea: 4
| Goold MonumentRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| House, Clash NorthRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Farm house, Athea LowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| House, GortnagrossRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Little new building in Athea: 2.9% of homes date from 2011 on, against 5.8%
In most towns 25% of homes were built in the 2000s; in Athea only 18%. The largest single period is from 1946 to 1980, with 32% of Athea’s homes. Building between the wars left Athea with 6.5% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%.
13%
Before 1919
6.5%
1919–45
32%
1946–80
28%
1981–2000
18%
2001–10
2.9%
Since 2011
AtheaTypical 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
Athea and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athea | 418 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Abbeyfeale | 2,206 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| Listowel | 4,794 | 80 | 2 | 15 |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 48 | 1 | 19 |
In brief
Athea in brief
More of Athea’s homes are old than in most places: 13% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 11 places on the record. Of the 11 with a date, 6 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Athea Bridge, from 1800. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Tim Ahearne (1885) and Dan Ahearn (1888) 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 Athea’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Athea?
11 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Athea?
Athea Bridge: the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Athea?
13% 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) · 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).