House · 1800–1840The BillowsSpanish Point
Photo: HunNomad · CC BY-SA 3.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Spanish Point · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Spanish Point: 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Spanish Point has kept more old homes than most towns: 14% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1800.
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
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Landmarks of Spanish Point
Bealaclugga Bridge is the one recorded place in Spanish Point with a photo so far. The camera caught Spanish Point in 1880.
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
Spanish Point from 1880 to 1880
2 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
1880
1880From 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 Spanish Point’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 Spanish Point
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
57% of the records in and around Spanish Point are homes
At the top of the record: Stackpoole's Bridge (South) and The Billows. The next biggest group is walls, gates and bridges, 2 in all. All of Spanish Point’s recorded buildings carry a regional rating.
Homes4
Walls, gates and bridges2
Mills, stations and works1
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 Spanish Point
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Spanish Point: 4
| Stackpoole's Bridge (South)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| The RetreatRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bealaclugga BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Atlantic LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Spanish Point’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 54%
New building in Spanish Point runs at the usual pace: 4.7% of homes date from 2011 on, the typical town 5.8%. Spanish Point built little between the wars: 0% of its homes, where most towns have 3.9%. Fewer of Spanish Point’s homes than usual date from 1946 to 1980: 12%, against 24%.
14%
Before 1919
0%
1919–45
12%
1946–80
54%
1981–2000
16%
2001–10
4.7%
Since 2011
Spanish PointTypical 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
Spanish Point and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Point | 261 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 39 | 1 | 7 |
In brief
Spanish Point in brief
More of Spanish Point’s homes are old than in most places: 14% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 3 places on the record. The oldest is The Billows, from 1800.
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 Spanish Point’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Spanish Point?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Spanish Point?
The Billows: the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Spanish Point?
14% 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 (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).