Saint Sinian's Church (Clonfad) · Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainTyrrellspass has 30 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Tyrrellspass: 15% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1780. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites.
2 photos of Tyrrellspass’s landmarks
Look out for Saint Sinian's Church (Clonfad) and Tyrrellspass Castle. Of the places on Tyrrellspass’s record, 2 have a photo here. Go back furthest in Tyrrellspass with Saint Sinian's Church (Clonfad): 1810.
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 Tyrrellspass’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).
31 historic places in Tyrrellspass
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 12, A to Z
19 recorded by their type and address
19 are recorded only by their type and address: 10 homes, 5 street furniture and 2 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
Tyrrellspass records more street furniture than most of Ireland: 17%, against 3%
15 of the records are homes (50%). At the top of the record: P. Bradley and Saint Sinian's Church (Clonfad). The rating keeps Tyrrellspass’s record at regional importance throughout.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Tyrrellspass’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 30 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Tyrrellspass
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 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.
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Bawn1 record |
Just outside Tyrrellspass: 16
| Guilford House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Guilford House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| New Forest HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Calverstown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Cornaher HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| The Glebe (rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| The Glebe (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Christ Church (Newtown)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Sallyfield HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Swiss CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Catholic Church of the Sacred HeartRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Newcastle HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Church, RahinashurockRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Milestone, TyrrellspassRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| House, MeedianRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Vent pipe, KillavallyRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
Little new building in Tyrrellspass: 0.6% of homes date from 2011 on, against 5.8%
The busiest building years in Tyrrellspass were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 29% of today’s homes. Tyrrellspass reached half its present housing before 2001. 4.8% of Tyrrellspass’s homes were built between the wars, close to 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.
Tyrrellspass and its neighbours
Tyrrellspass in brief
Old houses are part of Tyrrellspass’s character: 15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 31 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 50%, are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 28 of 30. The oldest, P. Bradley, dates from 1810. Beyond that, Joseph Whelehan (1882) and Katherine O'Doherty (1881) were born here before 1900; and it also has 2 archaeological 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 Tyrrellspass’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Tyrrellspass?
30 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Tyrrellspass?
House, Tyrrellspass: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Tyrrellspass?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Tyrrellspass.
How old are the homes in Tyrrellspass?
15% 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).