Castlerea Railway Station · Photo: Milepost98 · CC BY-SA 4.0Castlerea has 38 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Castlerea: 7.7% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1680. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 7 archaeological sites inside the town.
3 photos of Castlerea’s landmarks
Castlerea Railway Station and Hanly Memorial Hall and National Schools lead the set. Of the places on Castlerea’s record, 2 have a photo here. Pictured and oldest in Castlerea: Castlerea Railway Station, 1855.
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 Castlerea’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).
38 historic places in Castlerea
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 21, A to Z
17 recorded by their type and address
17 are recorded only by their type and address: 9 homes, 3 other buildings and 2 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Main Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 38 records, 35 give a street address.
Castlerea records more public buildings than most of Ireland: 16%, against 6%
Castlerea has no nationally rated building; its record is regional. The record holds 17 homes, 45% of the whole. Leading the record by rating: The Old Mill and Longford House.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Castlerea’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
6 of the 38 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Castlerea
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
7 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 - rath2 records |
| Racecourse1 record |
| Quarry1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
Just outside Castlerea: 4
| Castlerea Railway Station (signal box)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Castlerea Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Clonalis HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Weir, CastlereaRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Castlerea has added few homes since 2011: 2.8%, where most towns have 5.8%
Castlerea added a lot between the wars: 7.6% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. More of the homes standing in Castlerea today were built in the 2000s than in any other period: 35%. Half of the homes standing in Castlerea today were built before 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.
Castlerea and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlerea | 2,348 | 38 | 0 | 7 |
| Ballaghaderreen | 2,387 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| Ballyhaunis | 2,773 | 20 | 0 | 11 |
Castlerea in brief
More of Castlerea’s homes are old than in most places: 7.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 38 places on the record. On Main Street alone there are 20 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 26 of 38. The oldest, The Old Mill, dates from 1700.
The archaeological record adds 7 sites. Beyond that, Douglas Hyde (1860) and James Delaney (1889) 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 Castlerea’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Castlerea?
38 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Castlerea?
Graveyard, Main Street, Castlerea: the first date on its record is 1680.
Are there archaeological sites in Castlerea?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites inside Castlerea.
How old are the homes in Castlerea?
7.7% 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.
History is described here, not graded.
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).