Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Springhill · Photo: Caoimheen3 · CC BY-SA 4.0Ballyvolane has 33 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Ballyvolane goes back at least to 1750, the date of its oldest recorded building. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 38 archaeological sites inside the town. Ballyvolane has 38 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
2 photos of Ballyvolane’s landmarks
Pictured and oldest in Ballyvolane: Riverstown Community Centre R.A.C.A Ltd, 1830. Of the places on Ballyvolane’s record, 2 have a photo here. Two to begin with: Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Springhill and Riverstown Community Centre R.A.C.A Ltd.
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 Ballyvolane’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).
33 historic places in Ballyvolane
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 32, A to Z
1 recorded by their type and address
1 are recorded only by their type and address: 1 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Lower Glanmire Road has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 33 records, 26 give a street address.
70% of Ballyvolane’s recorded buildings are homes
Ballyvolane’s record spans 6 kinds of building. Second on the record: walls, gates and bridges, 4 of them. The highest-rated include Riverstown Bridge and Brothers of Charity Southern Services.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Ballyvolane’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
9 of the 33 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Riverstown Bridge, from 1750.
Archaeology in Ballyvolane
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
38 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.
| Standing stone10 records |
| Ringfort - rath7 records |
| Church3 records |
| Fulacht fia3 records |
| Graveyard2 records |
| Mill - unclassified2 records |
| Country house2 records |
| Mill - cloth2 records |
| Mill - corn1 record |
| Designed landscape - belvedere1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
| Burnt mound1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
| Mound1 record |
| House - 16th/17th century1 record |
Just outside Ballyvolane: 8
| Templemichael BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Saint Stephen's Hospital (hospital / infirmary)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Saint Stephen's Hospital (hospital / infirmary)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Saint Stephen's Hospital (hospital / infirmary)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Saint Stephen's Hospital (hospital / infirmary)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Saint Stephen's Hospital (hospital / infirmary)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Saint Stephen's Hospital (hospital / infirmary)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Water tower, Saint Stephen's HospitalRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
Old houses stand out in Ballyvolane: 4.6% predate 1919, where most towns have 3.4%
Building between the wars fell short in Ballyvolane: 2.4%, against 3.9% in most towns. The busiest building years in Ballyvolane were in the 2000s, which account for 32% of today’s homes. Since 2011 Ballyvolane has added 8.6% of its homes, more than the typical town’s 5.8%.
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.
Ballyvolane and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 33 | 0 | 38 |
| Mayfield | 2,846 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tivoli | 4,449 | 93 | 0 | 7 |
| Montenotte | 4,113 | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| The Glen | 6,119 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
Ballyvolane in brief
Old houses are part of Ballyvolane’s character: 4.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 33 places on the record. On Lower Glanmire Road alone there are 8 places on the record. Of the whole list, 70% are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 21 of 33. The oldest, Riverstown Bridge, dates from 1750. The archaeological record adds 38 sites. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 33 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 44); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Ballyvolane’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballyvolane?
33 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballyvolane?
Riverstown Bridge: the first date on its record is 1750.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballyvolane?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 38 archaeological sites inside Ballyvolane.
How old are the homes in Ballyvolane?
4.6% 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.
History is described here, not graded.
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).