- Address
- Fair Green, Bruff
- Type
- Court house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21803003
Bruff Courthouse
Fair Green, Bruff
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Bruff Courthouse
Bruff Courthouse is one of 26 buildings in Bruff the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Bruff Courthouse to 1920–1930. 10 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The existing courthouse, built c. 1925, replaced the previous courthouse, built c. 1815 and destroyed in 1921 by local IRA members. Events occurring in the courthouse led to reforms in the legal profession which are documented by the plaque on the façade.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21803003 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21803003↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Bruff · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Bruff: more houses on the record
Start with “House, Sarsfield Street” in Kilmallock, 8.8 km away. There are 8 with photos within 40 km. The farthest is Dromore Castle in Kildimo, 26 km away.
Questions about Bruff Courthouse
Is Bruff Courthouse on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21803003).
Can you visit Bruff Courthouse?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Bruff Courthouse built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1920–1930.
Is Bruff Courthouse 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.
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). 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).