St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church · Photo: Slamforeman · CC BY-SA 3.0Bishopstown: 27 buildings on the National Inventory
Bishopstown’s oldest recorded building dates from 1780. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 20 archaeological sites inside the town. Of its homes, 1.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Bishopstown has 19 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Look around Bishopstown: 5 photos
The oldest building in Bishopstown’s set dates from 1820: Thomas Davis Bridge. 5 of Bishopstown’s recorded places are photographed. Two to begin with: St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and Thomas Davis Bridge.
Thomas Davis BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Sacred Heart ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
County HallRegional rating (NIAH)
Church of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)+1See 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.
Where Bishopstown’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).
27 historic places in Bishopstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 21, A to Z
6 recorded by their type and address
6 are recorded only by their type and address: 3 homes, 1 other buildings and 1 farm and estate buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Glasheen Road has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 27 records, 22 give a street address.
Bishopstown records more churches and chapels than most of Ireland: 26%, against 7%
The latest date on Bishopstown’s record is 1965. Counted by type, homes come first, 11 of them (41%). At the top of the record: Inchigaggin House and St Joseph's College.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Bishopstown’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 27 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Inchigaggin House, from 1780.
Archaeology in Bishopstown
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
20 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.
| Fulacht fia4 records |
| Country house4 records |
| Ringfort - rath2 records |
| Burnt mound2 records |
| Pit-burial1 record |
| Building1 record |
| Structure1 record |
| Excavation - miscellaneous1 record |
| Kiln - lime1 record |
| Designed landscape - belvedere1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Earthwork1 record |
Few of Bishopstown’s homes are newer than 2011: 3.1%, against 5.8%
A full 58% of the homes in Bishopstown went up from 1946 to 1980, beyond the typical 24%. Only 13% of Bishopstown’s homes were built in the 2000s, less than the typical town’s 25%. Most of Bishopstown’s homes are older than 1981.
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.
Bishopstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | 27 | 0 | 20 |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| Glasheen | 5,981 | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 48 | 0 | 2 |
| Togher | 3,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 129 | 7 | 39 |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 280 | 4 | 16 |
Bishopstown in brief
The official list counts 27 places on the record in Bishopstown. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 16 of 27. The oldest, Inchigaggin House, dates from 1780.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 20 archaeological sites on the record. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 27 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 21); 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 Bishopstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Bishopstown?
27 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Bishopstown?
Inchigaggin House: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Bishopstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 20 archaeological sites inside Bishopstown.
How old are the homes in Bishopstown?
1.3% 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 (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).