RegRailway station · 1845–1860Colbert Railway StationParnell Street, Boherbuoy, LimerickPhoto: Poxyshamrock · Public domain · Commons file
Colbert Railway Station · Photo: Poxyshamrock · Public domain6buildings on the National Inventory
History of Prospect and Newtown Pery · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Prospect and Newtown Pery: 6 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Prospect and Newtown Pery: 8.2% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1820. Prospect and Newtown Pery has 15 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
6
15 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1820
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
8.2%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Prospect and Newtown Pery’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 6, by rating
6 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
6 historic places in Prospect and Newtown Pery
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Factory · 1820–1860Limerick Clothing FactoryLord Edward Street, Limerick
School · 1870–1890Coláiste MhichílRoxboro Road, Limerick
House, shop / retail outlet · 1830–1860House, shop, 21 Wickham Street, Limerick
Convent / nunnery, church / chapel · 1840–1860Convent, Sexton Street, Limerick
Building · 1860–1880Building, 51 Upper William Street, Limerick
What’s recorded
Around Prospect and Newtown Pery, the record leans to mills, stations and works: 33%
The rating keeps Prospect and Newtown Pery’s record at regional importance throughout. Leading the record by rating: Limerick Clothing Factory and Colbert Railway Station. 5 different kinds of building make up Prospect and Newtown Pery’s record.
Mills, stations and works2
Public buildings1
Churches and chapels1
Homes1
Other buildings1
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.
Homes by age
Prospect and Newtown Pery’s building boom came from 1946 to 1980: 49% of its homes
In Prospect and Newtown Pery, homes from before 1981 outnumber all those built since. A full 22% of the homes in Prospect and Newtown Pery went up between the wars, beyond the typical 3.9%. Fewer of Prospect and Newtown Pery’s homes than usual date in the 2000s: 7.1%, against 25%.
8.2%
Before 1919
22%
1919–45
49%
1946–80
6.7%
1981–2000
7.1%
2001–10
7.1%
Since 2011
Prospect and Newtown PeryTypical 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
Prospect and Newtown Pery and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Galvone | 5,412 | 49 | 15 | 12 |
| Dock | 6,258 | 305 | 7 | 0 |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 190 | 1 | 10 |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 6 | 0 | 33 |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
In brief
Prospect and Newtown Pery in brief
More of Prospect and Newtown Pery’s homes are old than in most places: 8.2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 6 places on the record. The oldest, Limerick Clothing Factory, dates from 1820. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most dated ones come from the 19th century; it has 6 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 19); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Prospect and Newtown Pery’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Prospect and Newtown Pery?
6 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Prospect and Newtown Pery?
Limerick Clothing Factory: the first date on its record is 1820.
How old are the homes in Prospect and Newtown Pery?
8.2% 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 (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).