Moate has 62 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance

Catholic Church of the Immaculate ConceptionRegional rating (NIAH)Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)

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1910s

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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).

31 recorded by their type and address

31 are recorded only by their type and address: 17 homes, 5 street furniture and 3 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.

See all 31 on the map

Of the 62 records, 45 give a street address.

9 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.

Just outside Moate: 14

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.

William Duckett White

Thomas O'Neill Russell

Arthur Booth-Clibborn

Lorcan Robbins

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Thomas O'Neill Russell1828–1908 · Irish writer

Arthur Booth-Clibborn1855–1939 · Irish Salvation Army officer

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Lorcan Robbins1884–1939 · Irish politician

William Duckett White1807–1893 · Australian politician

Everyone born in Moate → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Old houses are part of Moate’s character: 5.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 62 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including The Castle. Per resident, it has more recorded buildings than 87% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Only 3 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more recorded buildings.

On Main Street alone there are 18 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 50%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 39 of 62.