Church / chapel · 1850–1870Catholic Church of Our Lady of the AssumptionMountcollins
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.04buildings on the National Inventory
History of Mountcollins · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mountcollins has 4 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Mountcollins: 14% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1840. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
On the National Inventory
4
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
1
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Mountcollins’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 4, by rating
4 Regional and other sites
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).
Regional and other sites
4 historic places in Mountcollins
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1840–1860House, Mountcollins
Bridge · 1850–1890Bridge, Mountcollins
Water pump · 1870–1910Water pump, Mountcollins
What’s recorded
40% of the records in and around Mountcollins are walls, gates and bridges
The newest record in Mountcollins dates from 1870. At the top of the record: Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and Mountcollins Bridge. Rated by importance, Mountcollins’s buildings are all regional.
Walls, gates and bridges2
Churches and chapels1
Homes1
Street furniture1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Mountcollins
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Enclosure1 record |
Just outside Mountcollins: 1
| Mountcollins BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Mountcollins’s building boom came from 1946 to 1980: 33% of its homes
Split Mountcollins’s homes at 1981 and the older side is the larger. Homes built between the wars make up 7.2% of Mountcollins’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. From 2011 on, Mountcollins built only 4.5% of its homes; the typical town built 5.8%.
14%
Before 1919
7.2%
1919–45
33%
1946–80
23%
1981–2000
17%
2001–10
4.5%
Since 2011
MountcollinsTypical 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.
Neighbours
Mountcollins and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountcollins | 234 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Abbeyfeale | 2,206 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 48 | 1 | 19 |
| Castleisland | 2,536 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
In brief
Mountcollins in brief
More of Mountcollins’s homes are old than in most places: 14% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 4 places on the record. The oldest, Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, dates from 1850. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has an archaeological site.
How to read these numbers
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 Mountcollins’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Mountcollins?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Mountcollins?
House, Mountcollins: the first date on its record is 1840.
Are there archaeological sites in Mountcollins?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Mountcollins.
How old are the homes in Mountcollins?
14% 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) · 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).