NatChurch / chapel · 1600–1620West Cork Heritage Centre (church / chapel)North Main Street, BandonPhoto: MrCorman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
West Cork Heritage Centre (church / chapel) · Photo: MrCorman · CC BY-SA 4.0228buildings on the National Inventory
History of Bandon · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Bandon has 228 buildings on the National Inventory, 2 of them of national importance
For its size, Bandon has more on the record than 92% of towns: 278 buildings for every 10,000 residents. 13% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 38 archaeological sites inside it. The oldest record dates from 1600.
On the National Inventory
228
278 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
2
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
38
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1600
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
7 photographs of Bandon’s heritage
Pictured and oldest in Bandon: West Cork Heritage Centre, 1600. 7 recorded places in Bandon have a photo. Photos show 2 of Bandon’s places of national importance.
Saint Peter's Church (Ballymodan)National rating (NIAH)
Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Saint PatrickRegional rating (NIAH)
Bandon Town HallRegional rating (NIAH)
Bernard's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Bandon BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)+2See all photosPhotos 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.
The map
Where Bandon’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 228, by rating
2 National and International226 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).
National and International
2 places of national importance in Bandon
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
NatChurch / chapel · 1845–1850Saint Peter's Church (Ballymodan)Ballymodan Place, BandonPhoto: Xx78900 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Regional and other sites
226 more historic places in Bandon
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 79, A to Z
1916 Rising MonumentAllied Irish BankAllin InstituteArdnacarrig House (country house)Ardnacarrig House (gate lodge)Ballymodan National SchoolBandon BridgeBandon CourthouseBandon Masonic HallBandon Methodist ChurchBandon Post OfficeBandon Town HallBank of IrelandBelle ViewBernard's BridgeBridge HouseBrook HouseCatholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Saint PatrickClancool House (country house)Clancool House (gate lodge)Coolfadda HouseCross Mahon National SchoolsCrowleyD.P. McSweeney (brewery)D.P. McSweeney (house)EversleighFloraville HouseGates, Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Patrick (gates / railings / walls)Gates, Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Patrick (gates / railings / walls)Gates, Saint Peter's Church (Ballymodan)GlasslynGlen ViewHamilton High School (house)Hamilton High School (house)Hamilton High School (house)Hamilton High School (house)Hickey'sHill CottageJ. Lyons and SonsKilbrogan HouseMillbrookMillbrook HouseMount Grellan House (gate lodge)Mount Grellan House (rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house)Mount Prospect HouseMurray'sO'Farrell (house)O'Farrell (house)Oaklands (country house)Oaklands (gate lodge)Old Bank HouseP. KeohanePortal HousePresbytery, Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Patrick (presbytery / parochial / curate's house)Presbytery, Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Patrick (presbytery / parochial / curate's house)Presentation Convent (church / chapel)Presentation Convent (convent / nunnery)Riverside HallRoundhill HouseRoundhill Mills (chimney)Roundhill Mills (mill (water))Roundhill Mills (miller's house)Saint Fintan's National SchoolSaint Mary'sScannell's Medical HallSeán Hales MonumentSummerhillSun ViewT. O'LearyThe HavenThe LodgeThe ManseThe MooringsThe RectoryThe RetreatThe ShamblesWatergate National SchoolWest Cork Heritage Centre (gates / railings / walls)Woodgreen House
147 recorded by their type and address
147 are recorded only by their type and address: 113 homes, 15 street furniture and 5 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
18th century61
19th century79
20th century7
Historic streets
South Main Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
South Main Street47 on the record
North Main Street13 on the record · 1 of national importance
Convent Hill11 on the record
Oliver Plunkett Street10 on the record
O'Mahoney Avenue8 on the record
Saint Patrick's Quay7 on the record
Allen Square7 on the record
Kilbrogan Hill7 on the record
Bridge Street6 on the record
Saint Patrick's Place6 on the record
Hill Terrace6 on the record
Seán Hales Place5 on the record
Of the 228 records, 187 give a street address.
What’s recorded
Bandon’s largest group: homes, 72% of the record
Among the highest-rated: West Cork Heritage Centre and Saint Peter's Church (Ballymodan). That mix has few churches and chapels: 4% in Bandon, against 7% across the National Inventory. The second-largest group on the record is public buildings, with 15.
Homes165
Public buildings15
Street furniture15
Walls, gates and bridges11
Churches and chapels8
Mills, stations and works6
Memorials and tombs2
Inns, shops and warehouses2
Other buildings4
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Bandon’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries35
19th century 1800–1899174
1900 and later to today19
35 of the 228 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is West Cork Heritage Centre, from 1600.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Bandon
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.
| Church6 records |
| Bridge5 records |
| Brewery2 records |
| Graveyard2 records |
| Ritual site - holy well2 records |
| Mill - corn2 records |
| Mill - unclassified2 records |
| Market-house2 records |
| Historic town1 record |
| Barracks1 record |
| Town defences1 record |
| Earthwork1 record |
| Shambles1 record |
| Gasworks1 record |
| Standing stone1 record |
| 8 more kinds8 records |
Just outside Bandon: 37
| Ballintannig BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Laragh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| BrookfieldRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Carhoon HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Hare HillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Kilbrogan Catholic ChapelRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Knockbrogan FarmRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Castle Bernard (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| RiverviewRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Castle Bernard (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Ballygarvey BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Ballynough BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Baxter’s BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Milton HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Mount BernardRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Overton MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| The FarmRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Woodfort HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Gurteen HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| TullylandRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
Homes by age
A growing town: 11% of Bandon’s homes date from 2011 on, the norm is 5.8%
Over half of the homes in Bandon were already standing by 2001. Building in Bandon peaked in the 2000s: 27% of the homes now standing. 6.2% of Bandon’s homes date between the wars, well above the typical 3.9%.
13%
Before 1919
6.2%
1919–45
21%
1946–80
22%
1981–2000
27%
2001–10
11%
Since 2011
BandonTypical 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.
Born here
15 notable people born in Bandon before 1900
From Finbarr of Cork (550) to Seán Hyde (1898): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Finbarr of Cork
Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet
Alice Cambridge
James Scott Howard
Robert Baldwin Sullivan
George Kingston
Lloyd Jones
George Burchill
Eugene O'Keefe
L. T. Meade
John Walsh
Thomas Reid Davys Bell
James Walsh
John Cyril Porte
Seán Hyde
6007509001050120013501500165018001950
Finbarr of Cork550–623 · Bishop of Cork
L. T. Meade1844–1914 · Irish writer, editor
RS
Robert Baldwin Sullivan1802–1853 · Irish-born Canadian judge
James Walsh1880–1948 · Irish politician
John Cyril Porte1884–1919 · British aviator
Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet1650–1733 · Irish judge
GK
George Kingston1807–1880 · Australian politician
Thomas Reid Davys Bell1863–1948 · Irish entomologist
Everyone born in Bandon → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Bandon has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,900 to 8,600 residents, by buildings on the record.
Bandon228
#3 of 16for buildings on the record per resident (278 per 10,000). Grand Canal Dock, Youghal and Bandon lead.
Only Grand Canal Dock and Youghal have more. The typical town its size has 86. 3 of the 16 have none.
Neighbours
Bandon and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandon | 8,196 | 228 | 2 | 38 |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 22 | 0 | 11 |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Kinsale | 5,991 | 175 | 3 | 41 |
| Clonakilty | 5,112 | 174 | 1 | 16 |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 36 | 0 | 55 |
In brief
Bandon in brief
Few towns are as rich in recorded buildings as Bandon: per resident it has more than 92% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. All told, the list holds 228 places on the record, 2 of them in the top tier, including West Cork Heritage Centre. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more recorded buildings.
South Main Street alone has 47 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 72%, are homes. Of the 228 with a date, 174 come from the 19th century.
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 Bandon’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Bandon?
228 buildings on the National Inventory, 2 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Bandon are of national importance?
West Cork Heritage Centre (church / chapel) and Saint Peter's Church (Ballymodan).
What is the oldest building in Bandon?
West Cork Heritage Centre: the first date on its record is 1600.
Are there archaeological sites in Bandon?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 38 archaeological sites inside Bandon.
How old are the homes in Bandon?
13% 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 and English Wikipedia for people born here · 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).