Saint John's Church (Ballykine) · Photo: Anna Maria 4574 · CC BY-SA 4.0Aughrim: 37 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Aughrim: 8.3% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1800.
4 photographs of Aughrim’s heritage
Go back furthest in Aughrim with Aughrim Bridge: 1800. 4 recorded places in Aughrim have a photo. Look out for Saint John's Church (Ballykine) and Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart.
Catholic Church of the Sacred HeartRegional rating (NIAH)
Aughrim BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Forge, AughrimRegional rating (NIAH)+1See 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.
Where Aughrim’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).
37 historic places in Aughrim
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 20, A to Z
17 recorded by their type and address
17 are recorded only by their type and address: 15 homes, 1 walls, gates and bridges and 1 mills, stations and works; most date from the 19th century.
In Aughrim, homes lead the record (68%)
From one type to the next, Aughrim’s record lists 7 kinds of building. The next biggest group is walls, gates and bridges, 4 in all. Two of the highest-rated records are Aughrim Bridge and The Meath Arms.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Aughrim’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
The oldest is Aughrim Bridge, from 1800.
Just outside Aughrim
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Aughrim: 7
| Clone HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Roddenagh BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Macreddin BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| The Old ForgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Aughrim Mills (mill (water))Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Saint Bridget's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Garage, AughrimRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Since 2011, building in Aughrim has been slow: 3.7% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
Only 19% of Aughrim’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 24%. 46% of Aughrim’s homes went up in the 2000s, more than in any other period. Half of the homes standing in Aughrim today were built before 2001.
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.
Aughrim and its neighbours
Aughrim in brief
Old houses are part of Aughrim’s character: 8.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 37 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 68%, are homes. Of the 37 with a date, 30 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Aughrim Bridge, from 1800.
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 Aughrim’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Aughrim?
37 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Aughrim?
Aughrim Bridge: the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Aughrim?
8.3% 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).