RegChurch / chapel · 1885–1890Saint Joesph's Catholic ChurchRathnewPhoto: Jonjobaker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Saint Joesph's Catholic Church · Photo: Jonjobaker · CC BY-SA 4.04buildings on the National Inventory
History of Rathnew · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Rathnew has 4 buildings on the National Inventory
Rathnew’s oldest recorded building dates from 1850. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Rathnew has 11 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48. 1.4% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
On the National Inventory
4
11 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
8
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1850
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
1.4%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Rathnew’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 4, by rating
4 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
4 historic places in Rathnew
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
School · 1885–1890Rathnew National SchoolRathnew
School · 1930–1935Saint Joseph's National SchoolRathnew
House · 1850–1870House, Rathnew
What’s recorded
33% of the records in and around Rathnew are homes
In second place come public buildings, with 2. Leading the record by rating: Hunter's Hotel and Clermont House. Around Rathnew, the record goes back further, to 1710.
Homes3
Public buildings2
Churches and chapels1
Walls, gates and bridges1
Farm and estate buildings1
Inns, shops and warehouses1
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
Archaeology in Rathnew
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
8 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.
| Habitation site2 records |
| Church1 record |
| Font1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Burnt mound1 record |
| Font (present location)1 record |
| Hearth1 record |
Just outside Rathnew: 5
| Hunter's HotelNational rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Clermont House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Clermont House (stables)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Clermont House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| House, RathnewRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Rathnew is still building: 20% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%
The busiest building years in Rathnew were in the 2000s, which account for 42% of today’s homes. Rathnew built little from 1981 to 2000: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 24%. Building between the wars left Rathnew with 7.9% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%.
1.4%
Before 1919
7.9%
1919–45
18%
1946–80
11%
1981–2000
42%
2001–10
20%
Since 2011
RathnewTypical 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
Rathnew and its neighbours
In brief
Rathnew in brief
Rathnew has 4 places on the record. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 8 sites. The oldest is Rathnew National School, from 1885. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 4 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 11).
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 Rathnew’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rathnew?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Rathnew?
House, Rathnew: the first date on its record is 1850.
Are there archaeological sites in Rathnew?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Rathnew.
How old are the homes in Rathnew?
1.4% 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).