NatChurch / chapel · 1835–1845Catholic Church of Saint Michael the ArchangelSaint Michael's Road, GoreyPhoto: Ryanforsyth9 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangel · Photo: Ryanforsyth9 · CC BY-SA 4.0125buildings on the National Inventory
History of Gorey · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Gorey: 125 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
The Sites and Monuments Record marks Gorey as a historic town and lists 21 archaeological sites inside it. The oldest record dates from 1700. Gorey has 109 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
125
109 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
21
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1700
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
3.6%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
9 photos of Gorey’s landmarks, and 2 old views
9 of the places on Gorey’s record are pictured here; the others show their record card. The camera caught Gorey in 1900. You can start with Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangel and Gorey Railway Station.
Gorey Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)
Gorey United Methodist and Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Gorey Post OfficeRegional rating (NIAH)
Christ Church Old SchoolRegional rating (NIAH)
1798 MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)+4See 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.
Through time
Gorey from 1900 to 1900
2 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
1900s
1900sFrom 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.
The map
Where Gorey’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 125, by rating
1 National and International124 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).
National and International
One place of national importance in Gorey
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
124 more historic places in Gorey
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 51, A to Z
1798 MonumentAvenue HouseBrowne'sBygones""Christ Church (Kilmakilloge)Christ Church Old SchoolChristian Brothers' MonasteryClonattin HouseClonattin House (gates / railings / walls)Cumann Naoimh PádraigDavisDelta CottageFrenchGates, Catholic Church of Saint Michael the ArchangelGlenbower HouseGlenbower HouseGorey CourthouseGorey District HospitalGorey Garda Síochána StationGorey Market HouseGorey Post OfficeGorey Railway StationGorey Railway Station (building misc)Gorey Railway Station (foot bridge)Gorey Railway Station (signal box)Gorey Railway Station (store / warehouse)Gorey Railway Station (water tower)Gorey Technical SchoolGorey Union WorkhouseGorey Union WorkhouseGorey United Methodist and Presbyterian ChurchGraveyard, Loreto ConventJenvilleKirkham HouseLoreto Convent (church / chapel)Loreto Convent (convent / nunnery)MayfieldMerrion (gate lodge)Merrion (house)Michael Lacey and SonsMillmount HouseMonument, Catholic Church of Saint Michael the ArchangelMyles DoyleP.J. ConroyRamsgate HouseRynvanneySaint Michael'sSaint Patrick'sShrine, Catholic Church of Saint Michael the ArchangelThe ManseWestmount
73 recorded by their type and address
73 are recorded only by their type and address: 42 homes, 20 street furniture and 5 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
17th century10
18th century3
19th century46
20th century14
Historic streets
Main Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Main Street35 on the record
Saint Michael's Road17 on the record · 1 of national importance
The Avenue12 on the record
Esmonde Street6 on the record
McCurtain Street5 on the record
Wexford Street5 on the record
Grattan Street4 on the record
North Parade3 on the record
Church Street3 on the record
Pearse Street3 on the record
Of the 125 records, 106 give a street address.
What’s recorded
Gorey records more street furniture than most of Ireland: 16%, against 3%
Two of the highest-rated records are Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangel and French. Counted by type, homes come first, 72 of them (58%). The variety is wide in Gorey: 10 kinds of building on the record.
Homes72
Street furniture20
Public buildings8
Walls, gates and bridges8
Churches and chapels7
Memorials and tombs2
Mills, stations and works2
Inns, shops and warehouses1
Farm and estate buildings1
Other buildings4
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Gorey’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries17
19th century 1800–189986
1900 and later to today22
17 of the 125 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is French, from 1700.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Gorey
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
21 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.
| Burnt mound4 records |
| Ritual site - holy well2 records |
| Urn burial2 records |
| Excavation - miscellaneous2 records |
| Fulacht fia2 records |
| Kiln2 records |
| Historic town1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Tomb - chest tomb1 record |
| Standing stone1 record |
| Metalworking site1 record |
| Concentric enclosure1 record |
Just outside Gorey: 19
| Coolnastudd House (farm house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Coolnastudd House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Glandoran HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Ramsfort HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Ballytegan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| DúnartRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Montague CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Ballykale HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Marlfield House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Marlfield HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Coolnaveagh BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Saint Waleran'sRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Farm house, BallykaleRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Farm house, BallyscartinRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Farm house, Moneylawn LowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Graveyard, Seafield (Ballaghkeen By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Mill (water), BallykaleRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Mill (water), Knockduff (Ballaghkeen By., Courtown Ed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Water pump, Moneycross UpperRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Gorey: 14% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%
Gorey’s largest group of homes, 42%, went up in the 2000s. Just 13% of the homes in Gorey went up from 1946 to 1980, short of the typical 24%. 3.6% of Gorey’s homes predate 1919, close to the typical town’s 3.4%.
3.6%
Before 1919
3.7%
1919–45
13%
1946–80
24%
1981–2000
42%
2001–10
14%
Since 2011
GoreyTypical 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
Gorey and its neighbours
In brief
Gorey in brief
More of Gorey’s homes are old than in most places: 3.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 125 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangel. On Main Street alone there are 35 places on the record. Of the whole list, 58% are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 86 of 125. The oldest, French, dates from 1700. The archaeological record adds 21 sites. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 125 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 89); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet (1896) was born here before 1900.
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 Gorey’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Gorey?
125 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Gorey are of national importance?
Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangel.
What is the oldest building in Gorey?
Bridge, Arklow Road, Gorey: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Gorey?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 21 archaeological sites inside Gorey.
How old are the homes in Gorey?
3.6% 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).