Avondale House (country house) · Photo: John Lucas · CC BY-SA 2.0Rathdrum: 39 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Rathdrum: 10% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1780. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
3 pictures of Rathdrum today and 1 from before 1950
Look out for Avondale House (country house) and Rathdrum Bridge. The camera caught Rathdrum in 1915. 3 photographers took them.
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.
Rathdrum in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
1915From 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.
Where Rathdrum’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).
39 historic places in Rathdrum
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 12, A to Z
27 recorded by their type and address
27 are recorded only by their type and address: 23 homes, 1 walls, gates and bridges and 1 inns, shops and warehouses; most date from the 19th century.
Rathdrum’s largest group: homes, 85% of the record
Its buildings rate regional: Rathdrum has none of national importance. The highest-rated include Bryn Avon and Saint Saviour's Church. Across its record, Rathdrum takes in 7 kinds of building.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Rathdrum’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
8 of the 39 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Rathdrum
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.
| Graveslab1 record |
Just outside Rathdrum: 8
| Avondale House (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Rathdrum BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Avondale House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Rathdrum MillsRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Rathdrum Railway Station (hotel)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Rathdrum Railway Station (fountain)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Rathdrum Railway Station (foot bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bridge, RathdrumRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
A growing town: 26% of Rathdrum’s homes date from 2011 on, the norm is 5.8%
Rathdrum built little from 1946 to 1980: 15% of its homes, where most towns have 24%. Building between the wars went further in Rathdrum than in most towns: 8.6%, against 3.9%. Look at when Rathdrum’s homes went up and one period leads: since 2011, with 26%.
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.
3 notable people born in Rathdrum before 1900
From Frank Robinson (1886) to James Everett (1894): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Rathdrum → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Rathdrum and its neighbours
Rathdrum in brief
More of Rathdrum’s homes are old than in most places: 10% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 39 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 85%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 29 of 39. The oldest, Bryn Avon, dates from 1790.
Frank Robinson (1886), James Everett (1894) and Maire Comerford (1893) were all born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: it also has an archaeological site.
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 Rathdrum’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rathdrum?
39 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Rathdrum?
House, 31 Main Street, Rathdrum: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Rathdrum?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Rathdrum.
How old are the homes in Rathdrum?
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 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).