RegChurch / chapel · 1860–1870Corpus Christi Catholic ChurchMain Street, LisdoonvarnaPhoto: Cqui · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Corpus Christi Catholic Church · Photo: Cqui · CC BY-SA 3.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Lisdoonvarna · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Lisdoonvarna: 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Lisdoonvarna: 12% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1840.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Old and new: 2 photos and 2 old views of Lisdoonvarna
From 1900 to 1914, old photographs record Lisdoonvarna. Among them: Corpus Christi Catholic Church and Spectacle Bridge. The oldest building pictured in Lisdoonvarna is Corpus Christi Catholic Church, from 1860.
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.
Through time
Lisdoonvarna from 1900 to 1914
2 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
1900
1914From 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.
The map
Where Lisdoonvarna’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 3, by rating
3 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
3 historic places in Lisdoonvarna
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Hotel · 1855–1865Royal Spa HotelMain Street, Lisdoonvarna
House · 1840–1860House, 8-9 Saint Brendan's Road, Lisdoonvarna
What’s recorded
The record in and around Lisdoonvarna: homes first, at 38%
At the top of the record: Spectacle Bridge and Ballinalacken Castle. The runner-up group is churches and chapels: 2 records. Around Lisdoonvarna, the record goes back further, to 1835.
Homes3
Churches and chapels2
Inns, shops and warehouses1
Walls, gates and bridges1
Other buildings1
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
Just outside Lisdoonvarna
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Lisdoonvarna: 5
| Spectacle BridgeNational rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Ballinalacken CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Catholic Church of Our Lady of LourdesRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Lisdoonvarna SpaRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Farm house, Aughiska MoreRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Since 2011, building in Lisdoonvarna has been slow: 2.3% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
Of the homes in Lisdoonvarna now, the larger half dates from before 1981. Against a typical 3.9%, 14% of Lisdoonvarna’s homes went up between the wars. Building in Lisdoonvarna peaked from 1946 to 1980: 30% of the homes now standing.
12%
Before 1919
14%
1919–45
30%
1946–80
14%
1981–2000
27%
2001–10
2.3%
Since 2011
LisdoonvarnaTypical 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
Lisdoonvarna and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisdoonvarna | 934 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 39 | 1 | 7 |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
In brief
Lisdoonvarna in brief
More of Lisdoonvarna’s homes are old than in most places: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 3 places on the record. The oldest is Royal Spa Hotel, from 1855. The rest is about typical: George Gardiner (1877) 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 Lisdoonvarna’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Lisdoonvarna?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Lisdoonvarna?
House, 8-9 Saint Brendan's Road, Lisdoonvarna: the first date on its record is 1840.
How old are the homes in Lisdoonvarna?
12% 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).