Hospital Church · Photo: Epzcaw · CC BY-SA 4.0Old homes in Hospital: 15% built before 1919
For Hospital, that is 5 times the typical town’s share, 3.4%. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 29 buildings in Hospital. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1770. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 11 archaeological sites.
2 photographs of Hospital’s heritage
Hospital Church and Saint John's Church (Knockainy) lead the set.
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 Hospital’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).
30 historic places in Hospital
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 19, A to Z
11 recorded by their type and address
11 are recorded only by their type and address: 9 homes, 1 public buildings and 1 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
The record in Hospital starts with homes, at 72%
No record in Hospital reaches national importance; they are rated regional. In second place come churches and chapels, with 3. At the top of the record: Kenmare Castle and Hospital Garda Síochána Station.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Hospital’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 29 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Kenmare Castle, from 1770.
Archaeology in Hospital
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
11 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.
| Tomb - effigial3 records |
| Graveslab2 records |
| Settlement cluster1 record |
| Religious house - Knights Hospitallers1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| Excavation - miscellaneous1 record |
Just outside Hospital: 19
| Knockainy StudRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Ballycahill BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Ahnageeragh BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Knockainy BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| O'Carroll's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| KilfrushRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Mausoleum, Saint John's Church (Knockainy)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Mausoleum, Saint John's Church (Knockainy)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Mausoleum, Saint John's Church (Knockainy)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Mausoleum, Saint John's Church (Knockainy)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Old Parochial HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Saint John's Church (Knockainy)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| The VillaRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Knockainy CreameryRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Knockainy East, RathannyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| House, KnockainyRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Post box, BallynamonaRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Post box, KnockainyRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Water tower, Hospital Hill, HospitalRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
The biggest share of Hospital’s homes dates from 1946 to 1980: 32%
10% of Hospital’s homes were built between the wars, more than the typical town’s 3.9%. Since 2011 Hospital has added 3.9% of its homes, less than the typical town’s 5.8%. Homes built in the 2000s make up just 17% of Hospital’s, against 25% in the typical 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.
Hospital and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | 674 | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 59 | 1 | 61 |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| Tipperary | 5,387 | 112 | 0 | 12 |
Hospital in brief
More of Hospital’s homes are old than in most places: 15% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 30 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 72%, are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 25 of 29. The oldest, Kenmare Castle, dates from 1770. It also has 11 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 Hospital’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Hospital?
29 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Hospital?
Kenmare Castle: the first date on its record is 1770.
Are there archaeological sites in Hospital?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 11 archaeological sites inside Hospital.
How old are the homes in Hospital?
15% 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 (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).