Allied Irish Bank · Photo: Deadstar · CC BY-SA 4.0Templemore has 46 buildings on the National Inventory
Templemore has kept more old homes than most towns: 9.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 8 archaeological sites inside it. The oldest record dates from 1780.
5 pictures of Templemore today and 1 from before 1950
Templemore as it was in 1920, in old photographs. Pictures exist for 5 of the places Templemore has on the record. You can start with Allied Irish Bank and Templemore Railway Station.
Templemore Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)
Templemore Town HallRegional rating (NIAH)
Saint Mary's Church (Templemore)Regional rating (NIAH)
Catholic Church of the Sacred HeartRegional rating (NIAH)+1See all photosPhotos 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.
Templemore in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
c. 1920From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Templemore’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).
46 historic places in Templemore
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 29, A to Z
17 recorded by their type and address
17 are recorded only by their type and address: 14 homes, 1 other buildings and 1 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 46 records, 43 give a street address.
The record in Templemore starts with homes, at 59%
At the top of the record: Saint Mary's Church and The White House. Across Ireland public buildings make up 6% of the record, so Templemore’s 11% stands out. Nothing on Templemore’s record is rated of national importance.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Templemore’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
4 of the 46 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Saint Mary's Church (Templemore), from 1780.
Archaeology in Templemore
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
8 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.
| Graveslab2 records |
| Historic town1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| House - indeterminate date1 record |
| Bawn1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Just outside Templemore: 9
| Lloydsborough HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Whitefield MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Catholic Church of Saint John the BaptistRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Sandymount CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Templemore Abbey (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Templemore Abbey (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Templemore Abbey (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| House, Killawardy (Killea Pr)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Mill (water), LoughmoreRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
Most of Templemore’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980: 35%
In most towns 25% of homes were built in the 2000s; in Templemore only 17%. Building between the wars left Templemore with 12% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. Builders have been quiet in Templemore since 2011: 4.5% of its homes, the norm 5.8%.
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.
Templemore and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templemore | 2,005 | 46 | 0 | 8 |
| Thurles | 8,185 | 103 | 1 | 26 |
| Rathdowney | 1,368 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| Roscrea | 5,542 | 63 | 1 | 21 |
| Urlingford | 1,196 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Templemore in brief
More of Templemore’s homes are old than in most places: 9.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 46 places on the record. Main Street alone has 9 places on the record. Of the whole list, 59% are homes.
Of the 46 with a date, 37 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Saint Mary's Church (Templemore), from 1780. The archaeological record adds 8 sites.
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 Templemore’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Templemore?
46 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Templemore?
House, 14 Mary's Street, Templemore: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Templemore?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Templemore.
How old are the homes in Templemore?
9.9% 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).