RegChurch / chapel · 1855–1865Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchLong Street, LouisburghPhoto: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.06buildings on the National Inventory
History of Louisburgh · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Louisburgh: 6 buildings on the National Inventory
Louisburgh has kept more old homes than most towns: 8.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1795.
On the National Inventory
6
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1795
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
8.9%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
3 pictures of historic Louisburgh
The oldest building in Louisburgh’s set dates from 1855: Saint Patrick's Catholic Church. Two to begin with: Saint Patrick's Catholic Church and Bellakip Bridge. Credit goes to 3 photographers, each named on the photo.
Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Bellakip BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Oldhead QuayRegional rating (NIAH)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 Louisburgh’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 Louisburgh
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1795–1838Saint Eugene'sLong Street, Louisburgh
Church / chapel · 1825–1830Saint Catherine's Church (Kilgeever)Church Street, Louisburgh
House · 1795–1838House, Long Street, Louisburgh
Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house · 1825–1830Rectory, Church Street, Louisburgh
Weighbridge / weighhouse · 1922–1950Weighbridge, The Square, Louisburgh
What’s recorded
Louisburgh and its edges: homes first, 56%
The second-largest group on the record is churches and chapels, with 2. At the top of the record: Bellakip Bridge and Saint Eugene's. Around Louisburgh, the record goes back further, to 1700.
Homes5
Churches and chapels2
Walls, gates and bridges2
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.
How old
Most of Louisburgh’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries2
19th century 1800–18993
1900 and later to today1
2 of the 6 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Saint Eugene's, from 1795.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Louisburgh
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Louisburgh: 3
| Bellakip BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Tully LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Oldhead QuayRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
Homes by age
8.9% of Louisburgh’s homes are newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)
33% of Louisburgh’s homes went up in the 2000s, more than in any other period. Fewer of Louisburgh’s homes than usual date from 1946 to 1980: 15%, against 24%. A full 5.1% of the homes in Louisburgh went up between the wars, beyond the typical 3.9%.
8.9%
Before 1919
5.1%
1919–45
15%
1946–80
29%
1981–2000
33%
2001–10
8.9%
Since 2011
LouisburghTypical 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.
Born here
4 notable people born in Louisburgh before 1900
From John McEvilly (1818) to Bridget Rice (1885): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
John McEvilly
Robert Potter
John Heneghan
Bridget Rice
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JM
John McEvilly1818–1902 · Catholic archbishop of Tuam
RP
Robert Potter1831–1908 · Irish-born author and clergyman (1831-1908), in Australia from early …
BR
Bridget Rice1885–1967 · Irish politician
JH
John Heneghan1882–1945
Everyone born in Louisburgh → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Louisburgh and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisburgh | 367 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Westport | 6,872 | 239 | 2 | 27 |
In brief
Louisburgh in brief
More of Louisburgh’s homes are old than in most places: 8.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 6 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 3 of 6. The oldest, Saint Eugene's, dates from 1795. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include John McEvilly (1818), Robert Potter (1831) and Bridget Rice (1885).
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 Louisburgh’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Louisburgh?
6 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Louisburgh?
House, Long Street, Louisburgh: the first date on its record is 1795.
How old are the homes in Louisburgh?
8.9% 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.
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 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).