Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church · Photo: ReubenGrayPhoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Ballycotton: 22% of homes built before 1919
For Ballycotton, that is 7 times the typical town’s share, 3.4%. Ballycotton has 35 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Its oldest building dates from 1780. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 2 archaeological sites inside the town.
Landmarks of Ballycotton, in 2 photos
Of the buildings pictured in Ballycotton, Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church is the oldest, from 1900. The set opens with Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church and Ballycotton Lighthouse.
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.
Where Ballycotton’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
35 historic places in Ballycotton
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 8, A to Z
27 recorded by their type and address
27 are recorded only by their type and address: 14 homes, 5 mills, stations and works and 4 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
57% of Ballycotton’s recorded buildings are homes
No fewer than 6 kinds of building are on Ballycotton’s record. The second-largest group on the record is mills, stations and works, with 5. Leading the record by rating: Sean McGrath and Glebe House.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Ballycotton’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 35 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Ballycotton
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 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.
| Church1 record |
| Promontory fort - coastal1 record |
Just outside Ballycotton: 6
| Ballygeanymore HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| SnugboroughRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Ballycotton LighthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Water pump, BallygeanyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Pier, BallycottonRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Post box, BallycottonRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
23% of Ballycotton’s homes were built in the 2000s
Building since 2011 in Ballycotton, 6.8% of its homes, keeps pace with the norm of 5.8%. 9.2% of Ballycotton’s homes date between the wars, well above the typical 3.9%. In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1981 to 2000; in Ballycotton only 18%.
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.
Ballycotton and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballycotton | 544 | 35 | 0 | 2 |
| Cloyne | 1,967 | 23 | 1 | 14 |
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 22 | 0 | 8 |
| Aghada-Rostellan | 1,159 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| Midleton | 13,906 | 139 | 3 | 27 |
| Whitegate | 1,248 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Youghal | 8,564 | 246 | 8 | 48 |
Ballycotton in brief
Old houses are part of Ballycotton’s character: 22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 35 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 57%, are homes.
Of the 35 with a date, 28 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Sean McGrath, from 1830. The rest is about typical: it also has 2 archaeological sites.
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 Ballycotton’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballycotton?
35 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballycotton?
House, Ballycotton: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballycotton?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Ballycotton.
How old are the homes in Ballycotton?
22% 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).