Croom Castle · Photo: SteveODowd · CC BY-SA 4.0Croom has 27 buildings on the National Inventory
Croom has kept more old homes than most towns: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 10 archaeological sites inside it. Its oldest building dates from 1770.
Look around Croom: 2 photos
You can start with Croom Castle and Dysert Aenghusa. Go back furthest in Croom with Croom Castle: 1780.
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 Croom’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).
27 historic places in Croom
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 13, A to Z
14 recorded by their type and address
14 are recorded only by their type and address: 9 homes, 3 walls, gates and bridges and 1 mills, stations and works; most date from the 19th century.
Church Road has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 27 records, 22 give a street address.
Croom’s record leans to homes: 59%
The record in Croom runs as late as 1920. In second place come walls, gates and bridges, with 3. Among the highest-rated: Saint Mary's Church and Croom Castle.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Croom’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
4 of the 27 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Saint Mary's Church (Croom), from 1770.
Archaeology in Croom
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
10 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.
| Historic town1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
| Mill - unclassified1 record |
| Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Font (present location)1 record |
| Town defences1 record |
| Designed landscape feature1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
Just outside Croom: 20
| Dysert AenghusaArchaeological monument (SMR) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Tory Hill HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Anhid HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Monaster BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Cherrygrove BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Fanningstown CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| IslandmoreRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| The Old RectoryRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Glen BevanRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Caherass House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Caherass House (stables)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| AlstonRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Tarbrook HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| River ViewRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Saint Mary's PresbyteryRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| RIC barracks, MonasterRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Bridge, TullovinRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Mill (water), MonasterRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Worker's house, CastlerobertsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Post box, CastlerobertsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
Croom grew fastest from 1946 to 1980, when 28% of its homes were built
Croom added a lot between the wars: 6.6% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. Building since 2011 in Croom, 7.1% of its homes, keeps pace with the norm of 5.8%. At least one home in two in Croom was standing by 2001.
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 Croom before 1900
From Thomas Lyons (1829) to Mick Mullane (1887): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Croom → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Croom and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croom | 1,240 | 27 | 0 | 10 |
| Adare | 1,224 | 61 | 1 | 5 |
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 9 | 0 | 48 |
| Rathkeale | 1,231 | 33 | 0 | 10 |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 6 | 0 | 33 |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Croom in brief
More of Croom’s homes are old than in most places: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 27 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 59%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 21 of 27. The oldest, Saint Mary's Church (Croom), dates from 1770.
Thomas Lyons (1829), Michael Drumgoole (1882) and Mick Mullane (1887) were all born here before 1900. It also has 10 archaeological sites on the record.
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 Croom’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Croom?
27 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Croom?
Saint Mary's Church (Croom): the first date on its record is 1770.
Are there archaeological sites in Croom?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 10 archaeological sites inside Croom.
How old are the homes in Croom?
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.
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 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).