Mill (water) · 1830–1850Newtown MillNewtown
Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Newtown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Newtown has 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Newtown’s oldest recorded building dates from 1830. 6.2% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1830
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
6.2%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Old buildings of Newtown
The photo shows Saint Mary's Catholic Church, one of Newtown’s recorded places.
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 Newtown’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 Newtown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Gates / railings / walls · 1840–1880Newtown HouseNewtown
School · 1930–1935Youghalarra National SchoolNewtown
What’s recorded
Newtown and its edges: homes first, 55%
2 records make mills, stations and works the second group. At the top of the record: Crannagh House and Youghal House. Beyond Newtown’s edge the record is older still: 1760.
Homes6
Mills, stations and works2
Walls, gates and bridges1
Public buildings1
Churches and chapels1
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
Just outside Newtown
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Newtown: 8
| Crannagh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Youghal HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| House, Hogan's PassRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Kiln, YoughalRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, MonseaRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| House, MonseaRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| House, MonseaRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Little new building in Newtown: 1.4% of homes date from 2011 on, against 5.8%
Building from 1981 to 2000 left Newtown with 11% of its homes, below the usual 24%. Newtown has an unusual share of homes built in the 2000s: 50%, where most towns have 25%. About as many of Newtown’s homes as usual date between the wars: 4.1%, against 3.9%.
6.2%
Before 1919
4.1%
1919–45
27%
1946–80
11%
1981–2000
50%
2001–10
1.4%
Since 2011
NewtownTypical 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
Newtown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 423 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nenagh | 9,895 | 66 | 1 | 43 |
| Ballina | 2,959 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Killaloe | 1,666 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| Borrisokane | 1,117 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
In brief
Newtown in brief
Old houses are part of Newtown’s character: 6.2% 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, Newtown Mill, dates from 1830. Beyond that, Edmond Kelly (1874) and Rody Nealon (1898) were born here before 1900.
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 Newtown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Newtown?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Newtown?
Newtown Mill: the first date on its record is 1830.
How old are the homes in Newtown?
6.2% 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).