Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0
310buildings on the National Inventory
History of New Ross · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
New Ross, recorded since 1400: 310 buildings on the National Inventory
For its size, New Ross has more on the record than 95% of towns: 360 buildings for every 10,000 residents. Of its homes, 9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 87 archaeological sites inside it.
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
87
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1400
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
9%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
2 old views and 8 photos of New Ross
There are photos of 8 of New Ross’s recorded places so far. New Ross before 1950 appears in old photographs from 1883 to 1914. First come Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael and New Ross Town Hall.
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.
Through time
New Ross from 1883 to 1914
2 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
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From 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.
How old
Most of New Ross’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
Middle Ages 500–14991
1500–1799 three centuries56
19th century 1800–1899213
1900 and later to today40
57 of the 310 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Maiden Gate, from 1400.
The map
Where New Ross’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 311, by rating
1 National and International310 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 New Ross
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
South Street48 on the record
John Street20 on the record
Mary Street20 on the record
Priory Street17 on the record
North Street14 on the record
Quay Street12 on the record
Thomastown Road12 on the record
Michael Street12 on the record
High Hill8 on the record
North Quay7 on the record
Sugar House Lane7 on the record
School House Road7 on the record
Of the 311 records, 266 give a street address.
What’s recorded
New Ross’s largest group: homes, 66% of the record
Across Ireland walls, gates and bridges make up 8% of the record, so New Ross’s 3% is low. The runner-up group is street furniture: 21 records. Two of the highest-rated records are Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael and Maiden Gate.
Homes204
Street furniture21
Churches and chapels19
Public buildings15
Walls, gates and bridges9
Memorials and tombs6
Mills, stations and works1
Farm and estate buildings1
Other buildings34
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in New Ross
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
87 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.
Little new building in New Ross: 3.1% of homes date from 2011 on, against 5.8%
5.4% of New Ross’s homes date between the wars, well above the typical 3.9%. More of the homes standing in New Ross today were built in the 2000s than in any other period: 34%. Before 2001, New Ross had already built more than half of the homes it has now.
9%
Before 1919
5.4%
1919–45
24%
1946–80
24%
1981–2000
34%
2001–10
3.1%
Since 2011
New RossTypical 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.
Born here
8 notable people born in New Ross before 1900
From Bartholomew Lloyd (1772) to Martin Doyle (1891): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Bartholomew Lloyd
James Walshe
William Robinson (Canadian architect)
Samuel Armstrong
Alfred G. Jones
Michael O'Hanrahan
James Joseph Kelly
Martin Doyle
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Michael O'Hanrahan1877–1916 · Irish rebel
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James Joseph Kelly1877–1939 · Catholic priest, editor
Martin Doyle1891–1940 · British soldier; IRA intelligence officer
Bartholomew Lloyd1772–1837
JW
James Walshe1803–1888 · Catholic bishop and President of St. Patrick's, Carlow College
William Robinson (Canadian architect)1812–1894 · Irish-born Canadian architect
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Samuel Armstrong1844–1921 · Canadian politician
Alfred G. Jones1846–1905 · Missionary
Everyone born in New Ross → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
New Ross has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,200 to 9,000 residents, by buildings on the record.
Few towns are as rich in recorded buildings as New Ross: per resident it has more than 95% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. All told, the list holds 311 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael. Its housing is old: 9% of homes date from before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more recorded buildings.
On South Street alone there are 48 places on the record. Of the whole list, 66% are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 213 of 310.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
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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.
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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.
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The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about New Ross’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in New Ross?
310 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in New Ross are of national importance?
Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael.
What is the oldest building in New Ross?
Maiden Gate: the first date on its record is 1400.
Are there archaeological sites in New Ross?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 87 archaeological sites inside New Ross.
How old are the homes in New Ross?
9% 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).
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Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Michael · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0
New Ross Town HallRegional rating (NIAH)
Graveyard, Saint Mary's Church (Saint Mary's New Ross)Regional rating (NIAH)
Catholic Church of the AssumptionRegional rating (NIAH)
1798 MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)
Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH)+3See all photos
c. 1883
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