Court house · 1830–1840Tullamore CourthouseCormac Street, Tullamore
Bury Bridge · Photo: Royalcanalrunner · CC BY-SA 4.0132buildings on the National Inventory
History of Tullamore · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Tullamore has 132 buildings on the National Inventory, 2 of them of national importance
History in Tullamore goes back at least to 1710, the date of its oldest recorded building. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 6 archaeological sites inside the town. Tullamore has 85 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
132
85 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
2
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
6
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1710
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
5%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Tullamore: 17 photos, 1 old views
Tullamore as it was in 1920, in old photographs. 13 of the places on Tullamore’s record are pictured here; the others show their record card. First come Bury Bridge and Kilbeggan Bridge.
Kilbeggan BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Cox's Bridge and 27th LockRegional rating (NIAH)
Gaol BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
25th LockRegional rating (NIAH)
23rd LockRegional rating (NIAH)+12See 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.
Through time
Tullamore in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
1920From 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.
The map
Where Tullamore’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 132, by rating
2 National and International130 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).
National and International
2 places of national importance in Tullamore
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Hospital / infirmary · 1920–1940Tullamore General HospitalKilbeggan Road, Tullamore
Regional and other sites
130 more historic places in Tullamore
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 58, A to Z
25th Lock28th LockAllied Irish BankArdamoirBank of IrelandBow HouseBury BridgeCatholic Church of the AssumptionCharleville HouseClonminch HouseCox's Bridge and 27th LockD.E. Williams HouseDew ParkDigby BridgeDuparkF. GorryFlorenceGaol BridgeGranary, Bank of IrelandGrand Canal HouseHibernian HouseHurstfieldInnisfreeIrish National Foresters HallIveraghIvy HouseKilbeggan BridgeKnockaulinLibrary HallLoughmore LodgeMonsvilleMonument, Tullamore CourthouseMoor HillO'Moore HallPark View HousePound BridgeRectory, Saint Catherine's Church (Tullamore)Rock HouseRound HouseSaint Catherine's Church (Tullamore)Saint John's Masonic Lodge Number 321Saint Joseph's CemeteryThe BeechesThe Bridge HouseThe CottageThe MaltingsThe ManseTullamore HouseTullamore Methodist ChurchTullamore Post OfficeTullamore Presbyterian ChurchTullamore Railway StationTullamore Railway Station (foot bridge)Tullamore Railway Station (outbuilding)Tullamore Railway Station (signal box)Tullamore Town HallWar MemorialWoodchester House
72 recorded by their type and address
72 are recorded only by their type and address: 51 homes, 6 public buildings and 3 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.
18th century21
19th century45
20th century6
Historic streets
High Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
High Street18 on the record
Cormac Street11 on the record · 1 of national importance
O'Connor Square10 on the record
Church Street10 on the record
Charleville Road7 on the record
Columcille Street6 on the record
Killeigh Road5 on the record
Harbour Street5 on the record
Convent View Terrace5 on the record
O'Moore Street5 on the record
Victoria Terrace4 on the record
Convent Road4 on the record
Of the 132 records, 114 give a street address.
What’s recorded
Tullamore’s record leans to homes: 62%
Across Ireland churches and chapels make up 7% of the record, so Tullamore’s 4% is low. The second-largest group on the record is public buildings, with 13. Among the highest-rated: Tullamore Courthouse and Tullamore General Hospital.
Homes82
Public buildings13
Walls, gates and bridges11
Churches and chapels5
Memorials and tombs5
Mills, stations and works5
Street furniture3
Inns, shops and warehouses3
Farm and estate buildings1
Other buildings4
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Tullamore’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries30
19th century 1800–189982
1900 and later to today20
30 of the 132 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Round House, from 1710.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Tullamore
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
6 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.
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Burial ground1 record |
| Quarry1 record |
| Charcoal-making site1 record |
| Ring-ditch1 record |
| Barrow - ditch barrow1 record |
Just outside Tullamore: 21
| Charleville Castle (boathouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| 23rd LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| 26th Lock (lock keeper's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| 26th LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Ballycowan BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Cappancur HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Charleville Castle (folly)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Srah BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Charleville Castle (tunnel)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Charleville Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Charleville Estate OfficeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Clonminch CemeteryRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Charleville Castle (worker's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Charleville Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Saint Columba's Church (Durrow)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Charleville Castle (worker's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Farm house, BallydrohidRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Farm house, BallysordRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Farm house, ClonconRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Farm house, Derrybeg (Bb. By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Old houses stand out in Tullamore: 5% predate 1919, where most towns have 3.4%
Count back from today and half of Tullamore’s homes are older than 2001. The busiest building years in Tullamore were in the 2000s, which account for 32% of today’s homes. Homes built between the wars make up 6.2% of Tullamore’s, against 3.9% in the typical town.
5%
Before 1919
6.2%
1919–45
26%
1946–80
25%
1981–2000
32%
2001–10
5.5%
Since 2011
TullamoreTypical 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.
Born here
7 notable people born in Tullamore before 1900
From Eliot Warburton (1810) to Patrick Egan (1891): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Eliot Warburton
Benjamin Woodward
Hovenden Hely
Thomas Naghten Fitzgerald
Temple Lushington Moore
Charles Jasper Joly
Patrick Egan
1800182518501875190019251950
EW
Eliot Warburton1810–1852 · Irish novelist and historian
Benjamin Woodward1816–1861 · Irish architect
CJ
Charles Jasper Joly1864–1906 · Irish mathematician
Temple Lushington Moore1856–1920 · Architect from England
HH
Hovenden Hely1823–1872 · Australian politician
PE
Patrick Egan1891–1960 · Irish politician
TF
Thomas Naghten Fitzgerald1838–1908 · Australian surgeon
Everyone born in Tullamore → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Tullamore has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 14,700 to 16,600 residents, by buildings on the record.
Tullamore132
#1 of 16for buildings on the record per resident (85 per 10,000). Tullamore, East Wall and Clontarf West lead.
The typical town its size has 13.
Neighbours
Tullamore and its neighbours
In brief
Tullamore in brief
More of Tullamore’s homes are old than in most places: 5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 132 places on the record, 2 of them in the top tier. No town its size has more recorded buildings: it leads the 16 nearest in population. On High Street alone there are 18 places on the record.
Most entries on the list, 62%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 82 of 132. The oldest, Round House, dates from 1710. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Tullamore’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Tullamore?
132 buildings on the National Inventory, 2 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Tullamore are of national importance?
Tullamore Courthouse and Tullamore General Hospital.
What is the oldest building in Tullamore?
House, High Street, Tullamore: the first date on its record is 1710.
Are there archaeological sites in Tullamore?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 6 archaeological sites inside Tullamore.
How old are the homes in Tullamore?
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).