Saint Mary's Catholic Church · Photo: Derek Usher · CC BY-SA 4.0Edenderry: 53 buildings on the National Inventory
Edenderry’s oldest recorded building dates from 1740. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 4 archaeological sites inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Edenderry has 67 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Edenderry’s landmarks in 10 photos, with 1 old views
You can start with Saint Mary's Catholic Church and Colgans Bridge. 4 of the places on Edenderry’s record are pictured here; the others show their record card. Edenderry as it was in 1910, in old photographs.
Colgans BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Harbour, JKL Street, EdenderryRegional rating (NIAH)
Edenderry Town HallRegional rating (NIAH)
Blundell AqueductRegional rating (NIAH)
Cartland BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)+5See all photosPhotos 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.
Edenderry in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
c. 1910From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Edenderry’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).
53 historic places in Edenderry
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 32, A to Z
21 recorded by their type and address
21 are recorded only by their type and address: 14 homes, 2 walls, gates and bridges and 2 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
JKL Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 53 records, 52 give a street address.
Edenderry’s record leans to homes: 49%
The latest date on Edenderry’s record is 1955. In Edenderry, public buildings weigh more than nationally: 13%, against 6%. Two of the highest-rated records are Castropetre Church (Monasteroris) and Kincora House.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Edenderry’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
8 of the 53 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Edenderry
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.
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Mine1 record |
| Font (present location)1 record |
| Sheela-na-gig (present location)1 record |
Just outside Edenderry: 20
| Grange CastleArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Monasteroris (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Kinnafad HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Monasteroris House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Monasteroris House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Monasteroris House (icehouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Jonestown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Blundell AqueductRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Cartland BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Monasteroris (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Rathmore BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Trimblestown BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Downshire BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Grange HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Drumcooly ParkRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Kinnafad BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| House, MonasterorisRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Milestone, DrumcoolyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Farm house, DrumcoolyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Post box, Jonestown CrossroadsRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
A town of older homes: 4.5% of Edenderry’s were built before 1919 (3.4% is typical)
Building between the wars went further in Edenderry than in most towns: 5.4%, against 3.9%. Look at when Edenderry’s homes went up and one period leads: in the 2000s, with 41%. Edenderry’s newest homes, from 2011 or later, are 6.6%, roughly the usual 5.8%.
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.
Edenderry and its neighbours
Edenderry in brief
More of Edenderry’s homes are old than in most places: 4.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 53 places on the record. JKL Street alone has 21 places on the record.
Of the 53 with a date, 34 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Castropetre Church (Monasteroris), from 1770. Beyond that, it has 53 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 53); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Andrew Killian (1872) and John Rooney (1844) were born here before 1900.
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 Edenderry’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Edenderry?
53 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Edenderry?
House, 41 JKL Street, Edenderry: the first date on its record is 1740.
Are there archaeological sites in Edenderry?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Edenderry.
How old are the homes in Edenderry?
4.5% 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).