Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Irishtown has nothing on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage yet
Old homes stand out in Irishtown: 5.7% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. 2.9% of Irishtown’s homes were built in 2011 or later; the typical town has 5.8%.
Heritage near Irishtown
The nearest towns with buildings of national importance, within 25 km.
| Town | Distance | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuam | 16 km | 56 | 2 | 52 |
| Ballinrobe | 23 km | 48 | 2 | 21 |
More of Irishtown’s homes date in the 2000s than from any other period: 61%
Irishtown built little between the wars: 2.9% of its homes, where most towns have 3.9%. Against a typical 24%, only 7.1% of Irishtown’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Irishtown 20% of its homes, near the usual 24%.
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.
Irishtown in brief
More of Irishtown’s homes are old than in most places: 5.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Irishtown has nothing on the list; Tuam, 16 km away, is the nearest place with places of national importance.
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).