House · 1800–1821Ram HouseCoolgreany
Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.01building on the National Inventory
History of Coolgreany · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Coolgreany has 1 building on the National Inventory
Coolgreany has kept more old homes than most towns: 10% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1800. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
On the National Inventory
1
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
1
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Old buildings of Coolgreany
Pictured: Inch Church, on Coolgreany’s record.
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 Coolgreany’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by rating
1 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).
Regional and other sites
One historic place in Coolgreany
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
In and around Coolgreany, 56% of the records are homes
Two of the highest-rated records are Saint Austin's House and Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Nativity. Second on the record: churches and chapels, 2 of them. The wider area’s record reaches back to 1760, earlier than Coolgreany’s own.
Homes5
Churches and chapels2
Walls, gates and bridges1
Mills, stations and works1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Coolgreany
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Ecclesiastical site1 record |
Just outside Coolgreany: 8
| Saint Austin's HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Catholic Church of Our Lady of the NativityRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| KnockbawnRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Inch ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Plattinstown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Inch Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Inch Railway Station (station master's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Bridge, InchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
Homes by age
38% of Coolgreany’s homes were built from 1946 to 1980
Most of the houses in Coolgreany today, over half, were up by 1981. Coolgreany added comparatively little in the 2000s: 19% of its homes, the typical town 25%. Building since 2011 in Coolgreany, 5.6% of its homes, keeps pace with the norm of 5.8%.
10%
Before 1919
4.2%
1919–45
38%
1946–80
23%
1981–2000
19%
2001–10
5.6%
Since 2011
CoolgreanyTypical 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
Coolgreany and its neighbours
In brief
Coolgreany in brief
Old houses are part of Coolgreany’s character: 10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 1 place on the record. The oldest, Ram House, dates from 1800. Beyond that, it also has an archaeological site.
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 Coolgreany’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Coolgreany?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Coolgreany?
Ram House: the first date on its record is 1800.
Are there archaeological sites in Coolgreany?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Coolgreany.
How old are the homes in Coolgreany?
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.
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).