- Address
- Shercock Road, Carrickmacross
- Type
- Workhouse
- NIAH reg. no.
- 41310002
Carrickmacross Union Workhouse
Shercock Road, Carrickmacross
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Carrickmacross Union Workhouse
Carrickmacross Union Workhouse is one of 83 buildings in Carrickmacross the National Inventory rates Regional. Carrickmacross Union Workhouse dates from 1840–1855. 13 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This workhouse complex serves as a reminder of the work of the Poor Law Unions in housing and caring for the destitute of Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 41310002 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 41310002↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Carrickmacross · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Carrickmacross Union WorkhouseStart here
- 2Derryolam HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Carrickmacross: more houses on the record
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Cabra Castle in Kingscourt is the nearest, at 7.9 km. At the edge of the list, 28 km away: Virginia Courthouse, Virginia.
Questions about Carrickmacross Union Workhouse
Is Carrickmacross Union Workhouse on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 41310002).
Can you visit Carrickmacross Union Workhouse?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Carrickmacross Union Workhouse built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1840–1855.
Is Carrickmacross Union Workhouse 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.
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). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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