Bridge · 1840–1845Toor BridgeToornafulla
3buildings on the National Inventory
History of Toornafulla · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Toornafulla: 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Toornafulla’s oldest recorded building dates from 1840. Of its homes, 5.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
5.9%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Toornafulla’s landmarks
So far only Glenquin Castle is photographed among Toornafulla’s recorded places.
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.
The map
Where Toornafulla’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 3, by rating
3 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
3 historic places in Toornafulla
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Church / chapel · 1850–1860Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchToornafulla
Water pump · 1880–1920Water pump, Toornafulla
Archaeology and around
Just outside Toornafulla
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Toornafulla: 1
| Glenquin CastleArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.7 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Toornafulla’s building boom came from 1946 to 1980: 34% of its homes
Count back from today and half of Toornafulla’s homes are older than 2001. Homes built between the wars make up just 1.5% of Toornafulla’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. Builders have been busy in Toornafulla since 2011: 7.4% of its homes, the norm 5.8%.
5.9%
Before 1919
1.5%
1919–45
34%
1946–80
18%
1981–2000
34%
2001–10
7.4%
Since 2011
ToornafullaTypical 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
Toornafulla and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toornafulla | 204 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Abbeyfeale | 2,206 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 48 | 1 | 19 |
In brief
Toornafulla in brief
More of Toornafulla’s homes are old than in most places: 5.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 3 places on the record. The oldest is Toor Bridge, from 1840. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Timothy Sullivan (1715) was born here before 1900.
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 Toornafulla’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Toornafulla?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Toornafulla?
Toor Bridge: the first date on its record is 1840.
How old are the homes in Toornafulla?
5.9% 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).