Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Rockcorry has 18 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Rockcorry: 7.8% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1760.
Rockcorry in 3 photos
Ballynascarva Bridge and Holy Trinity Catholic Church lead the set. 3 photographers took them.
Ballynascarva BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Holy Trinity Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Saint Mary's Catholic 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.
Where Rockcorry’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).
18 historic places in Rockcorry
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 6, A to Z
12 recorded by their type and address
12 are recorded only by their type and address: 7 homes, 2 street furniture and 1 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
In Rockcorry, homes lead the record (56%)
Rockcorry’s most recent recorded building is from 1860. Second on the record: churches and chapels, 3 of them. Leading the record by rating: Rockcorry Market House and Rockcorry Orange Hall.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Rockcorry’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 18 dated ones were built before 1800.
Just outside Rockcorry
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Rockcorry: 19
| Old WindmillRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Ballycoghill BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Ballynascarva BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Corfad HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Cormeen CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Dartrey HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Fair Field (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| W. SloanRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Holy Trinity Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Unshinagh National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Fair Field (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Saint Brigid's National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| House, MilltownRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Clossagh BegRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Clossagh More, LisnalongRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Bridge, LisnalongRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| School master's house, AnnyRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Community centre, RockcorryRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
Only 3.5% of Rockcorry’s homes were built since 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Rockcorry built little between the wars: 1.7% of its homes, where most towns have 3.9%. Building in Rockcorry peaked from 1946 to 1980: 31% of the homes now standing. Half of what Rockcorry lives in today was already built by 2001.
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.
Rockcorry and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockcorry | 302 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Cootehill | 1,856 | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Monaghan | 7,894 | 187 | 4 | 18 |
| Clones | 1,885 | 69 | 5 | 19 |
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 75 | 0 | 4 |
Rockcorry in brief
Old houses are part of Rockcorry’s character: 7.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 18 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 56%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 17 of 18. The oldest, Rockcorry Market House, dates from 1800.
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 Rockcorry’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rockcorry?
18 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Rockcorry?
Bridge, Rockcorry: the first date on its record is 1760.
How old are the homes in Rockcorry?
7.8% 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).