Historic Buildings of Ireland by County

What the Inventory holds

22,209 houses & terraces · most in Cork
5,109 churches & chapels · most in Cork
3,918 bridges, railways & waterways · most in Cork
3,753 country houses & estates · most in Cork
2,214 farm buildings · most in Wexford
2,180 monuments, memorials & street furniture · most in Cork
1,971 shops, pubs, banks & hotels · most in Dublin
1,670 public & civic buildings · most in Cork
1,571 mills & industrial · most in Cork
1,329 other · most in Dublin
1,204 schools & colleges · most in Dublin
1,199 gates, walls & railings · most in Cork

County	All	National rating	Houses & terraces	Churches & chapels	Bridges, railways & waterways	Country houses & estates	Farm buildings	Monuments, memorials & street furniture	Shops, pubs, banks & hotels	Public & civic buildings	Mills & industrial	Other	Schools & colleges	Gates, walls & railings
Cork	8,467	102	4,730	619	564	557	199	359	337	335	295	134	154	184
Dublin	7,535	239	4,143	486	302	420	151	354	698	274	218	197	157	135
Wexford	2,842	41	919	342	179	202	463	164	41	54	95	177	38	168
Waterford	2,698	74	1,737	139	75	96	121	56	50	65	52	189	43	75
Donegal	2,289	15	864	340	365	170	154	98	46	79	67	22	56	28
Limerick	2,192	43	1,088	242	176	207	38	111	96	86	62	24	52	10
Tipperary	2,031	27	899	276	153	246	35	48	61	92	92	26	75	28
Galway	1,963	30	661	249	305	219	81	125	51	59	64	43	70	36
Kilkenny	1,917	58	845	217	148	118	153	62	35	51	72	38	40	138
Westmeath	1,617	44	533	180	163	229	87	117	57	66	40	44	33	68
Kildare	1,581	29	712	159	143	81	96	96	38	45	60	45	59	47
Mayo	1,470	10	342	215	235	145	143	96	34	61	43	36	53	67
Louth	1,347	18	762	139	58	99	43	19	41	37	53	28	42	26
Wicklow	1,293	12	828	109	56	103	20	34	44	27	12	11	37	12
Monaghan	1,257	14	358	176	184	109	53	71	70	69	58	23	58	28
Offaly	1,196	22	489	127	112	120	101	62	33	36	62	19	28	7
Meath	1,132	8	352	154	102	118	92	90	28	40	54	24	45	33
Kerry	859	26	484	114	60	57	8	10	33	28	29	6	21	9
Longford	842	14	252	100	127	75	53	68	18	26	28	9	16	70
Sligo	803	24	372	106	64	71	18	21	41	24	25	26	28	7
Cavan	770	14	195	183	103	82	40	40	32	28	21	12	30	4
Laois	692	26	218	110	46	50	18	17	26	29	14	139	23	2
Clare	450	33	145	115	62	36	9	11	19	21	10	4	9	9
Roscommon	402	6	104	76	35	53	4	19	23	14	17	42	12	3
Leitrim	391	0	119	80	52	29	14	25	17	18	14	5	13	5
Carlow	291	8	58	56	49	61	20	7	2	6	14	6	12	0

Grouped from the Inventory's "original type" field (505 types into 12 groups; a building with two types counts in the first that matches, and "other" includes records with no type).

Quick answers

What is the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage?

A survey by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage of buildings and structures of architectural interest in the Republic built after 1700. It lists 48,327 records; 937 are rated of national importance and 13 of international importance.

Which county has the most historic buildings recorded?

Cork, with 8,467 records. Each county was surveyed separately and in different depth, so the counts partly reflect how thorough each survey was.

Source

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) — national dataset ↗, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, open data. Every building has its own record, with photographs and a description, on buildingsofireland.ie ↗. The Inventory covers the Republic only.

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