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History of Broadford · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Broadford has nothing on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage yet

1.9% of Broadford’s homes were built in 2011 or later; the typical town has 5.8%. 4.8% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.

Heritage nearby

Heritage near Broadford

The nearest towns with buildings of national importance, within 25 km.

TownDistanceNational InventoryNationalArchaeological sites
Ardnacrusha11 km110
Killaloe13 km7222
Scarriff-Tuamgraney13 km1129
Ballynanty14 km113
Cratloe15 km111
Corbally and King's Island15 km682121
Homes by age

More of Broadford’s homes date from 1946 to 1980 than from any other period: 35%

The midpoint of Broadford’s housing falls before 2001: half the homes are older. 6.7% of Broadford’s homes date between the wars, well above the typical 3.9%. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Broadford 23% of its homes, near the usual 24%.

4.8%
Before 1919
6.7%
1919–45
35%
1946–80
23%
1981–2000
29%
2001–10
1.9%
Since 2011
BroadfordTypical 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.

In brief

Broadford in brief

Old houses are part of Broadford’s character: 4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Broadford has nothing on the list; Ardnacrusha, 11 km away, is the nearest place with places of national importance.

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) · 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).