Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Kilsheelan has 2 buildings on the National Inventory
Kilsheelan’s oldest recorded building dates from 1810. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites.
Places to see in Kilsheelan
Kilsheelan Bridge is the one recorded place in Kilsheelan with a photo so far.
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 Kilsheelan’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).
2 historic places in Kilsheelan
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegMore homes than anything else in and around Kilsheelan: 58%
At the top of the record: Gurteen Le Poer and Landscape House. The next biggest group is farm and estate buildings, 2 in all. Around Kilsheelan, the record goes back further, to 1700.
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 in Kilsheelan
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
5 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.
| Settlement deserted - medieval1 record |
| Castle - motte1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Graveslab1 record |
Just outside Kilsheelan: 17
| Gurteen Le Poer (house)National rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Gurteen Le PoerRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Gurteen Le Poer (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Landscape HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Ballyboe HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Kilheffernan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Anner Castle (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Gurteen Le Poer (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Gurteen Le Poer (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Gurteen Le Poer (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Gurteen Le PoerRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Gurteen Le PoerRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Anner Castle (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Ballyglasheen HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Kilsheelan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Farm house, Glen Lower (Upp. By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
Kilsheelan keeps more old homes than most towns: 4.7% from before 1919, against 3.4%
Kilsheelan added comparatively little between the wars: 2.2% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. The busiest building years in Kilsheelan were in the 2000s, which account for 46% of today’s homes. Homes built since 2011 are 4.7% of Kilsheelan’s, about the 5.8% of the typical 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.
Kilsheelan and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilsheelan | 837 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Clonmel | 18,369 | 239 | 2 | 136 |
| Carrick-on-Suir | 5,752 | 37 | 2 | 50 |
| Fethard | 1,738 | 46 | 2 | 101 |
| Piltown | 1,275 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
Kilsheelan in brief
More of Kilsheelan’s homes are old than in most places: 4.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 2 places on the record. The archaeological record adds 5 sites. The oldest, Kilsheelan Garda Síochána Station, dates from 1810.
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 Kilsheelan’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Kilsheelan?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Kilsheelan?
Kilsheelan Garda Síochána Station: the first date on its record is 1810.
Are there archaeological sites in Kilsheelan?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Kilsheelan.
How old are the homes in Kilsheelan?
4.7% 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 (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).