Fore · Photo: JohnArmagh · Public domainCastlepollard has 40 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Castlepollard: 10% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1650. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites.
Historic Castlepollard through 2 photographs
Fore and Tullynally Castle (country house) lead the set.
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 Castlepollard’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).
40 historic places in Castlepollard
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 27, A to Z
13 recorded by their type and address
13 are recorded only by their type and address: 7 homes, 3 other buildings and 1 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
The Square has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 40 records, 27 give a street address.
Castlepollard’s largest group: homes, 40% of the record
Castlepollard’s record spans 8 kinds of building. In Castlepollard, churches and chapels weigh more than nationally: 13%, against 7%. At the top of the record: Killefree Graveyard and Kinturk House.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Castlepollard’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 40 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Killefree Graveyard, from 1650.
Archaeology in Castlepollard
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.
| Memorial stone2 records |
| Barrow - mound barrow1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Graveslab1 record |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Icehouse1 record |
Just outside Castlepollard: 31
| ForeNational monument to visit · 3 km outside the town |
| Greville-Nugent MausoleumNational rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Tullynally Castle (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Gaulstown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Tullynally Castle (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Tullynally Castle (grotto)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Gilbertstown MillsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Lough Park House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Tullynally Castle (garden structure misc)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Fifty Pence HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Grangestown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Kinturk House (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Lough Park House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Tromra HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Tullynally Castle (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Tullynally Castle (glass / green house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Tullynally Castle (gate lodge, worker's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Tullynally Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Gilbertstown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Tromra House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
Castlepollard is still building: 11% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%
At least one home in two in Castlepollard was standing by 2001. More of the homes standing in Castlepollard today were built in the 2000s than in any other period: 31%. 6.2% of Castlepollard’s homes were built between the wars, more than the typical town’s 3.9%.
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.
Castlepollard and its neighbours
Castlepollard in brief
More of Castlepollard’s homes are old than in most places: 10% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 40 places on the record. The Square alone has 9 places on the record. Of the 40 with a date, 35 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Killefree Graveyard, from 1650.
The archaeological record adds 8 sites. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Michael Kennedy (1897) and William Pollard-Urquhart (1815) were born here before 1900.
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 Castlepollard’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Castlepollard?
40 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Castlepollard?
Killefree Graveyard: the first date on its record is 1650.
Are there archaeological sites in Castlepollard?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Castlepollard.
How old are the homes in Castlepollard?
10% 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 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).