- Address
- Main Street, Bantry
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20834048
J. McSweeney
Main Street, Bantry
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About J. McSweeney
The National Inventory rates J. McSweeney Regional, one of 78 in Bantry. Its record dates J. McSweeney to 1840–1880. 82 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Of similar scale and form to neighbouring structures, this building forms an integral part of a cohesive streetscape. The retention of such buildings contributes significantly to the townscape of Bantry.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20834048 · 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 · 20834048↗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 10 minutes
Bantry · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1J. McSweeneyStart here
- 2Saint Anne'sRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Rock HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4O'ConnellRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5
Saint Finbarr's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Church of Saint Brendan the Navigator (Kilmocomoge)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mSchool, Convent of MercyRegional rating (NIAH)300 m28 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 10
Recorded houses around Bantry
The list holds 7, all within 40 km and photographed. Just 200 m away stands Bantry Courthouse, in Bantry. In Bantry itself there are 2 of the 7.
Questions about J. McSweeney
Is J. McSweeney on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20834048).
Can you visit J. McSweeney?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was J. McSweeney built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1840–1880.
Is J. McSweeney 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).