RegMarket house · 1810–1815Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care CentreThe Square, BallyjamesduffPhoto: Cricalix · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care Centre · Photo: Cricalix · CC BY-SA 4.09buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballyjamesduff · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballyjamesduff: 9 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballyjamesduff’s oldest recorded building dates from 1810. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Ballyjamesduff has 31 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
On the National Inventory
9
31 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
5
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1810
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
3.8%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Ballyjamesduff through 5 photographs
So far the camera has reached 3 of Ballyjamesduff’s recorded places. You can start with Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care Centre and Cavan County Museum. Pictured and oldest in Ballyjamesduff: Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care Centre, 1810.
Cavan County MuseumRegional rating (NIAH)
St Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Christ ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Holy Trinity Church of Ireland ChurchRegional 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.
The map
Where Ballyjamesduff’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 9, by rating
9 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
9 historic places in Ballyjamesduff
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegConvent / nunnery · 1880–1885Cavan County MuseumVirginia Road, BallyjamesduffPhoto: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
RegChurch / chapel · 1965–1970St Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchVirginia Road, BallyjamesduffPhoto: Nollaigkelly · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
House · 1815–1820Mc Bride'sMarket Street, Ballyjamesduff
Court house · 1925–1930Ballyjamesduff CourthouseStradone Street, Ballyjamesduff
Garda station / constabulary barracks · 1930–1940Ballyjamesduff Garda StationGranard Street, Ballyjamesduff
Church / chapel · 1810–1830Church, Market Street, Ballyjamesduff
House · 1840–1860House, Virginia Road, Ballyjamesduff
Water pump · 1900–1920Water pump, Cavan Road, Ballyjamesduff
What’s recorded
A record rich in churches and chapels: 36% in Ballyjamesduff, against 7% across Ireland
1965 brings Ballyjamesduff’s record up to its newest entry. The record holds 7 homes, 50% of the whole. Two of the highest-rated records are Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care Centre and Mc Bride's.
Homes7
Churches and chapels5
Public buildings1
Street furniture1
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.
How old
Most of Ballyjamesduff’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18995
1900 and later to today4
The oldest is Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care Centre, from 1810.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Ballyjamesduff
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
5 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.
| Sheela-na-gig (present location)2 records |
| Designed landscape - tree-ring1 record |
| Market-house1 record |
| Stone sculpture - aniconic (present location)1 record |
Just outside Ballyjamesduff: 5
| Christ ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Kilnacrott House(The Cavan Centre)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Holy Trinity Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| The Old ManseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Billis GrangeRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Ballyjamesduff grew fastest in the 2000s, when 56% of its homes were built
In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1981 to 2000; in Ballyjamesduff only 17%. Ballyjamesduff built little from 1946 to 1980: 13% of its homes, where most towns have 24%. Before 1919: 3.8% of the homes in Ballyjamesduff, roughly the usual 3.4%.
3.8%
Before 1919
4.6%
1919–45
13%
1946–80
17%
1981–2000
56%
2001–10
6.6%
Since 2011
BallyjamesduffTypical 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
Ballyjamesduff and its neighbours
In brief
Ballyjamesduff in brief
More of Ballyjamesduff’s homes are old than in most places: 3.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 9 places on the record. Of the 9 with a date, 5 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Market House Chinese Takeaway / The Hair Care Centre, from 1810.
It also has 5 archaeological sites on the record. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 9 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 9); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Marcus Daly (1841) was born here before 1900.
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 Ballyjamesduff’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballyjamesduff?
9 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballyjamesduff?
Church, Market Street, Ballyjamesduff: the first date on its record is 1810.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballyjamesduff?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Ballyjamesduff.
How old are the homes in Ballyjamesduff?
3.8% 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).