- Address
- Ballyhooly
- Type
- Forge / smithy
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20903429
Forge, Ballyhooly
About Forge, Ballyhooly
The National Inventory rates Forge, Ballyhooly Regional, one of 9 in Ballyhooly. Forge, Ballyhooly dates from 1880–1900. 9 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This is a well-preserved example of a forge, strategically placed in the centre of Ballyhooly. Though functional in construction, it present an attractive east gable to the road, with its decorative bargeboards and the round opening.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20903429 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 20903429↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
Ballyhooly, Ballyhooly · about 1 km on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Forge, BallyhoolyStart here
- 2Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Mausoleum, Christ ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 4Ballyhooly BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 5Ballyhooly LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
3 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Buildings on the record near Ballyhooly
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Closest of all: Mallow Railway Station, Mallow, 18 km away. Fota Railway Station in Glounthaune is the farthest, at 28 km.
Questions about Forge, Ballyhooly
Is Forge, Ballyhooly on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20903429).
Can you visit Forge, Ballyhooly?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Forge, Ballyhooly built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1900.
Is Forge, Ballyhooly 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.
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). 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).