Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Castleblayney: 75 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Castleblayney goes back at least to 1740, the date of its oldest recorded building. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Castleblayney has 191 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48. Of its homes, 6.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
typical town: 48
3 photos of Castleblayney’s landmarks
The set opens with Frankford Bridge and Frankford Presbyterian Church.
Frankford BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Frankford Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Orange Hall, DrumalissRegional 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.
Where Castleblayney’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
75 historic places in Castleblayney
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 35, A to Z
40 recorded by their type and address
40 are recorded only by their type and address: 31 homes, 2 other buildings and 2 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
Market Square and Church Street have the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 75 records, 63 give a street address.
65% of Castleblayney’s recorded buildings are homes
Among the highest-rated: Derrycreevy Bridge and Hope Arms Hotel. In second place come churches and chapels, with 6. Rated by importance, Castleblayney’s buildings are all regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Castleblayney’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
8 of the 75 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Derrycreevy Bridge, from 1740.
Archaeology in Castleblayney
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
4 archaeological sites inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| House - fortified house1 record |
| Bawn1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Just outside Castleblayney: 17
| Annevale House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Frankford Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Corratanty HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Hope Castle (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Frankford BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Wallace's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Hope Castle (garden temple)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Annevale House (farm house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Hope Castle (building misc)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Annagleve National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Hope Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| House, Church HillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Chimney, CornaloughRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Bridge, CoolskeaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Carrickaslane, CorratantyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Bridge, CorratantyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Orange Hall, DrumalissRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
Castleblayney is still building: 10% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%
The homes built in Castleblayney since 2001 are fewer than those built before it. Castleblayney’s largest group of homes, 32%, went up in the 2000s. In Castleblayney, 3.5% of homes date between the wars, much as in most towns (3.9%).
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.
5 notable people born in Castleblayney before 1900
From Robert Harrison Smith (1848) to Thomas Hughes (1885): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Castleblayney → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Castleblayney has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,700 to 4,100 residents, by buildings on the record.
Only Mitchelstown has more. The typical town its size has 19. One of the 16 has none.
Castleblayney and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 75 | 0 | 4 |
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Carrickmacross | 5,745 | 84 | 1 | 17 |
Castleblayney in brief
Old houses are part of Castleblayney’s character: 6.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 75 places on the record. For its size, it has more recorded buildings than 86% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more recorded buildings.
Market Square alone has 16 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 65%, are homes. Of the 75 with a date, 61 come from the 19th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 4 archaeological sites.
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 Castleblayney’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Castleblayney?
75 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Castleblayney?
Derrycreevy Bridge: the first date on its record is 1740.
Are there archaeological sites in Castleblayney?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Castleblayney.
How old are the homes in Castleblayney?
6.5% 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).