Church / chapel · 1870–1890Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchChurch Road, Ballydesmond
Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.01building on the National Inventory
History of Ballydesmond · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballydesmond: 1 building on the National Inventory
Ballydesmond has kept more old homes than most towns: 8.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1870.
On the National Inventory
1
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1870
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
8.8%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Ballydesmond’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 1, by rating
1 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
One historic place in Ballydesmond
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Ballydesmond
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballydesmond: 1
| Kingwilliamstown BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Ballydesmond grew fastest from 1981 to 2000, when 26% of its homes were built
Building between the wars went further in Ballydesmond than in most towns: 8.8%, against 3.9%. The last decade or so added 6.6% of Ballydesmond’s homes, much as in most towns (5.8%). Older than 2001: more than half of the homes in Ballydesmond.
8.8%
Before 1919
8.8%
1919–45
24%
1946–80
26%
1981–2000
25%
2001–10
6.6%
Since 2011
BallydesmondTypical 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
Ballydesmond and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballydesmond | 216 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castleisland | 2,536 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
In brief
Ballydesmond in brief
More of Ballydesmond’s homes are old than in most places: 8.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 1 place on the record. The oldest is Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, from 1870.
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 Ballydesmond’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballydesmond?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballydesmond?
Saint Patrick's Catholic Church: the first date on its record is 1870.
How old are the homes in Ballydesmond?
8.8% 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) · 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).