Bruff has 26 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Bruff: 9.5% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1770. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites.
Old buildings of Bruff
Only Grange stone circle has a photo so far; more of Bruff awaits one.
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.
Where Bruff’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).
26 historic places in Bruff
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 17, A to Z
9 recorded by their type and address
9 are recorded only by their type and address: 4 homes, 2 walls, gates and bridges and 2 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Bruff’s record leans to homes: 31%
Among the highest-rated: Bruff Church and Inglenook East. Ireland as a whole has more homes than Bruff: 62% of its record. The second-largest group on the record is public buildings, with 4.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Bruff’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
4 of the 26 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Bruff Church, from 1770.
Archaeology in Bruff
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
8 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.
| Castle - unclassified2 records |
| Church2 records |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Burial1 record |
| Excavation - miscellaneous1 record |
Just outside Bruff: 13
| Grange stone circleArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Baggotstown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Rockbarton House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Kilballyowen HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Rockbarton House (gate lodge, outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Greenpark HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Camas House (outbuilding, bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Camas House (bell tower / stand, folly)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Glebe HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Ballyvulhane BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Milltown ParkRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Ballynagallagh CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Post box, UregareRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
More of Bruff’s homes date from 1946 to 1980 than from any other period: 31%
Older than 2001: more than half of the homes in Bruff. Building since 2011 in Bruff, 6.2% of its homes, keeps pace with the norm of 5.8%. Homes built between the wars make up 4.4% of Bruff’s, about the typical 3.9%.
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 Bruff before 1900
From John Crimmin (1859) to Paddy Barry (1895): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Bruff → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Bruff and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruff | 887 | 26 | 0 | 8 |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 59 | 1 | 61 |
| Croom | 1,240 | 27 | 0 | 10 |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 64 | 0 | 21 |
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 9 | 0 | 48 |
Bruff in brief
More of Bruff’s homes are old than in most places: 9.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 26 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 18 of 26. The oldest, Bruff Church, dates from 1770.
Patrick Clancy (1877), John Crimmin (1859) and Paddy Barry (1895) were all born here before 1900. The archaeological record adds 8 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 Bruff’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Bruff?
26 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Bruff?
Bruff Church: the first date on its record is 1770.
Are there archaeological sites in Bruff?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Bruff.
How old are the homes in Bruff?
9.5% 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).