RegChurch / chapel · 1820–1840Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchOramPhoto: Dean Molyneaux · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
1building on the National Inventory
History of Oram · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Oram: 1 building on the National Inventory
Oram’s oldest recorded building dates from 1820. Since 2011, Oram has added 20% of its homes, against 5.8% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
1
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1820
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
3%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Oram in 2 photos
Two to begin with: Saint Patrick's Catholic Church and Garmany's Grove Presbyterian Church. Go back furthest in Oram with Saint Patrick's Catholic Church: 1820.
Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Garmany's Grove Presbyterian ChurchRegional 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 Oram’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 1, by rating
1 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
One historic place in Oram
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
The record in and around Oram: mills, stations and works first, at 30%
None of Oram’s records is rated of national importance; all are of regional interest. The second-largest group on the record is churches and chapels, with 2. At the top of the record: Garmany's Grove Presbyterian Church and Saint Patrick's Catholic Church.
Mills, stations and works3
Churches and chapels2
Walls, gates and bridges2
Public buildings2
Homes1
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.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Oram
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Oram: 9
| Garmany's Grove Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Tullycollive BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Drumleek Flax MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Mill (water), Drumleek SouthRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Drumleek South, LisdonnyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Mill (water), Mill TownRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| House, OramRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| School, OramRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Hall, OramRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
42% of Oram’s homes were built in the 2000s
Oram’s share of pre-1919 homes, 3%, is near the 3.4% of the typical town. Fewer of Oram’s homes than usual date from 1981 to 2000: 14%, against 24%. Just 18% of the homes in Oram went up from 1946 to 1980, short of the typical 24%.
3%
Before 1919
3%
1919–45
18%
1946–80
14%
1981–2000
42%
2001–10
20%
Since 2011
OramTypical 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
Oram and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oram | 181 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 75 | 0 | 4 |
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
In brief
Oram in brief
The official list counts 1 place on the record in Oram. Its homes are mostly newer: 3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest is Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, from 1820.
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 Oram’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Oram?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Oram?
Saint Patrick's Catholic Church: the first date on its record is 1820.
How old are the homes in Oram?
3% 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 (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).