RegChurch / chapel · 1840–1850Saint Nicholas' ChurchBallyarraPhoto: MrCorman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Saint Nicholas' Church · Photo: MrCorman · CC BY-SA 4.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Bridebridge · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Bridebridge has 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Bridebridge: 10% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1780. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 5 archaeological sites inside the town.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
5
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1780
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Bridebridge’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 3, by rating
3 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).
Regional and other sites
3 historic places in Bridebridge
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Bridge · 1780–1800Bride BridgeBallyarra, Deer Park, Killawillin
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1880–1920Presbytery, BallyarraBallyarra
What’s recorded
40% of the records in and around Bridebridge are homes
There are 4 kinds of building on Bridebridge’s record. Leading the record by rating: Kilcor Castle and Bride Bridge. The wider area’s record reaches back to 1630, earlier than Bridebridge’s own.
Homes2
Walls, gates and bridges1
Churches and chapels1
Mills, stations and works1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Bridebridge
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
5 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.
| Bridge1 record |
| Building1 record |
| Barn1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Headstone1 record |
Just outside Bridebridge: 2
| Kilcor CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Kiln, BallyarraRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
None of Bridebridge’s homes is newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Before 1981, Bridebridge had already built more than half of the homes it has now. Homes dated in the 2000s are scarcer in Bridebridge than in most towns: 8%, against 25%. Building from 1946 to 1980 left Bridebridge with 52% of its homes, above the usual 24%.
10%
Before 1919
3.4%
1919–45
52%
1946–80
26%
1981–2000
8%
2001–10
0%
Since 2011
BridebridgeTypical 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.
Neighbours
Bridebridge and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridebridge | 223 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 179 | 1 | 18 |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Watergrasshill | 1,840 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Tallow | 1,022 | 68 | 0 | 8 |
| Midleton | 13,906 | 139 | 3 | 27 |
In brief
Bridebridge in brief
More of Bridebridge’s homes are old than in most places: 10% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 3 places on the record. It also has 5 archaeological sites on the record. The oldest is Bride Bridge, from 1780.
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 Bridebridge’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Bridebridge?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Bridebridge?
Bride Bridge: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Bridebridge?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Bridebridge.
How old are the homes in Bridebridge?
10% 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).