RegChurch / chapel · 1835–1840Saint Catherine's Catholic ChurchMurntownPhoto: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Photo: Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.01building on the National Inventory
History of Murntown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Murntown has 1 building on the National Inventory
History in Murntown goes back at least to 1835, the date of its oldest recorded building. 5.6% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
On the National Inventory
1
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1835
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
5.6%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Murntown’s landmarks
Only Saint Catherine's Catholic Church has a photo so far; more of Murntown awaits one.
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 Murntown’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 Murntown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
Murntown and its edges: homes first, 46%
Just outside Murntown, the oldest record dates from 1700. The second-largest group on the record is churches and chapels, with 4. Leading the record by rating: Johnstown Castle and Shortalstown House.
Homes11
Churches and chapels4
Walls, gates and bridges4
Memorials and tombs1
Public buildings1
Street furniture1
Other buildings2
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
Just outside Murntown
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Murntown: 23
| Johnstown Castle (folly)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Johnstown Castle (folly)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Johnstown Castle (worker's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Johnstown Castle (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Shortalstown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Johnstown Castle (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Johnstown Castle (fountain)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Johnstown Castle (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Kildavin HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| SleedaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| SunriseRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Johnstown Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Johnstown Castle (glass / green house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Johnstown Castle (graveyard / cemetery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Casey's Cross HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Farm house, Gorteenminoge LowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Farm house, Newcastle (Bargy By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Farm house, ScaughmolinRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Farm house, Forth Commons (Forth By., Rathaspick Ed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Graveyard, MurntownRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Few of Murntown’s homes are newer than 2011: 3.2%, against 5.8%
Fewer of Murntown’s homes than usual date between the wars: 1.6%, against 3.9%. Building in Murntown peaked in the 2000s: 38% of the homes now standing. Before 2001, Murntown had already built more than half of the homes it has now.
5.6%
Before 1919
1.6%
1919–45
24%
1946–80
28%
1981–2000
38%
2001–10
3.2%
Since 2011
MurntownTypical 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
Murntown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murntown | 342 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 629 | 16 | 57 |
| Rosslare | 1,795 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Rosslare Harbour | 2,247 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
In brief
Murntown in brief
More of Murntown’s homes are old than in most places: 5.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 1 place on the record. The oldest, Saint Catherine's Catholic Church, dates from 1835.
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 Murntown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Murntown?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Murntown?
Saint Catherine's Catholic Church: the first date on its record is 1835.
How old are the homes in Murntown?
5.6% 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 (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).