NatChurch / chapel · 1835–1845Catholic Church of Our Lady of VisitationRear CrossPhoto: CathyDelaney · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
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History of Rear Cross · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Rear Cross has 2 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Rear Cross has kept more old homes than most towns: 7.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1835.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1835
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
7.7%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
A look at historic Rear Cross
Only Catholic Church of Our Lady of Visitation has a photo so far; more of Rear Cross awaits one.
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 Rear Cross’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 2, by rating
1 National and International1 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
One place of national importance in Rear Cross
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
One more historic place in Rear Cross
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
School · 1880–1885Rear National SchoolRear Cross
Archaeology and around
Just outside Rear Cross
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Rear Cross: 1
| Gowlagh BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Only 3.1% of Rear Cross’s homes were built since 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Rear Cross added a lot between the wars: 11% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. Just 7.7% of the homes in Rear Cross went up from 1946 to 1980, short of the typical 24%. Homes dated from 1981 to 2000 are commoner in Rear Cross than in most towns: 46%, against 24%.
7.7%
Before 1919
11%
1919–45
7.7%
1946–80
46%
1981–2000
25%
2001–10
3.1%
Since 2011
Rear CrossTypical 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
Rear Cross and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rear Cross | 166 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Moroe | 1,432 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Newport | 2,183 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Castleconnell | 2,488 | 43 | 0 | 12 |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| Ballina | 2,959 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Killaloe | 1,666 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
In brief
Rear Cross in brief
More of Rear Cross’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 2 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Catholic Church of Our Lady of Visitation. The oldest is Catholic Church of Our Lady of Visitation, from 1835.
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 Rear Cross’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rear Cross?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Rear Cross are of national importance?
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Visitation.
What is the oldest building in Rear Cross?
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Visitation: the first date on its record is 1835.
How old are the homes in Rear Cross?
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.
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).