Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Bruree has 15 buildings on the National Inventory
Bruree has kept more old homes than most towns: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1775. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 3 archaeological sites inside the town.
Old buildings of Bruree
Pictured: Teach de Valera, on Bruree’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.
Where Bruree’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).
15 historic places in Bruree
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 9, A to Z
6 recorded by their type and address
6 are recorded only by their type and address: 2 walls, gates and bridges, 2 homes and 2 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
More homes than anything else in Bruree: 47%
The highest-rated include Glebe House and Bruree Lodge. 2 records make walls, gates and bridges the second group. Bruree has no nationally rated building; its record is regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Bruree’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 15 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Bruree
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.
| Ringfort - rath2 records |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
Just outside Bruree: 18
| Cooleen HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Howardstown BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Kilbrien BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Garroose BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Saint Munchin's Church (Bruree)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Cuan Mhuire (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Ballyteigue HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Saint Munchin's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Cuan Mhuire (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| San GiovanniRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Teach de ValeraRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| House, RockhillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| House, RockhillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| House, BallyhinnaughtRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Dromacummer EastRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Dromacummer EastRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Water pump, RockhillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Post box, RockhillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
Bruree has more new homes than most: 12% since 2011, against 5.8%
Fewer of Bruree’s homes than usual date from 1981 to 2000: 14%, against 24%. Homes built between the wars make up 7.3% of Bruree’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. The period that gave Bruree the most homes is in the 2000s: 38%.
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.
Bruree and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruree | 641 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 59 | 1 | 61 |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 64 | 0 | 21 |
| Croom | 1,240 | 27 | 0 | 10 |
| Adare | 1,224 | 61 | 1 | 5 |
Bruree in brief
Old houses are part of Bruree’s character: 11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 15 places on the record. Of the 15 with a date, 11 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Glebe House, from 1800. Beyond that, Catherine Coll (1856) was born here before 1900; 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 Bruree’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Bruree?
15 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Bruree?
Bridge, Bruree: the first date on its record is 1775.
Are there archaeological sites in Bruree?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites inside Bruree.
How old are the homes in Bruree?
11% 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).