RegChurch / chapel · 1840–1860Rosses Point Church (Drumcliff)Rosses PointPhoto: Djedi Guy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Rosses Point · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Rosses Point has 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Rosses Point: 7.8% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1800. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
2
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
7.8%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
3 photos of Rosses Point’s landmarks
Two to begin with: Rosses Point Church (Drumcliff) and Oyster Island Lighthouse. Go back furthest in Rosses Point with Rosses Point Church (Drumcliff): 1840.
Rosses Point Church (Drumcliff)Regional rating (NIAH)
Oyster Island LighthouseRegional rating (NIAH)
The Metal ManRegional 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 Rosses Point’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 3, by rating
3 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
3 historic places in Rosses Point
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
The record in and around Rosses Point: homes first, at 63%
From one type to the next, Rosses Point’s record lists 4 kinds of building. Two of the highest-rated records are An Sean Tuí and The Metal Man. The rating keeps Rosses Point’s record at regional importance throughout.
Homes5
Churches and chapels1
Mills, stations and works1
Other buildings1
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
Archaeology in Rosses Point
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 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.
| Midden1 record |
| Burial ground1 record |
Just outside Rosses Point: 5
| The Metal ManRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Elsinore HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| County Sligo Golf ClubRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Oyster Island LighthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Kiln, Oyster IslandRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Rosses Point’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 35% of its homes
Rosses Point’s newest homes, from 2011 or later, are 5.7%, roughly the usual 5.8%. A full 5.4% of the homes in Rosses Point went up between the wars, beyond the typical 3.9%. Of the homes in Rosses Point now, the larger half dates from before 2001.
7.8%
Before 1919
5.4%
1919–45
24%
1946–80
35%
1981–2000
22%
2001–10
5.7%
Since 2011
Rosses PointTypical 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
Rosses Point and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosses Point | 883 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Strandhill | 1,982 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 304 | 15 | 74 |
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
In brief
Rosses Point in brief
Old houses are part of Rosses Point’s character: 7.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 3 places on the record. The oldest, An Sean Tuí, dates from 1800. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 2 archaeological sites.
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 Rosses Point’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rosses Point?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Rosses Point?
An Sean Tuí: the first date on its record is 1800.
Are there archaeological sites in Rosses Point?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Rosses Point.
How old are the homes in Rosses Point?
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).