The Dandy Bridge · Photo: Eh cork · CC BY-SA 4.0Carrigaline: 12 buildings on the National Inventory
0.8% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1740. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 40 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Carrigaline has 6.6 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
6 photographs of Carrigaline’s heritage
Two to begin with: The Dandy Bridge and Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint John. 3 recorded places in Carrigaline have a photo. The oldest building pictured in Carrigaline is The Dandy Bridge, from 1740.
Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint JohnRegional rating (NIAH)
Saint Mary's Church (Carrigaline)Regional rating (NIAH)
Ballea Bridge (Lower)Regional rating (NIAH)
Ballea Bridge (Upper)Regional rating (NIAH)
Kilmoney BridgeRegional 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 Carrigaline’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).
12 historic places in Carrigaline
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
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Reg50% of Carrigaline’s recorded buildings are homes
Carrigaline’s most recent recorded building is from 1955. The second-largest group on the record is churches and chapels, with 4. Among the highest-rated: The Dandy Bridge and “Mausoleum, Saint Mary's Church”.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Carrigaline’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
4 of the 12 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is The Dandy Bridge, from 1740.
Archaeology in Carrigaline
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
40 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.
| Ringfort - rath8 records |
| Excavation - miscellaneous7 records |
| Souterrain5 records |
| Pit-burial5 records |
| Fulacht fia4 records |
| Church2 records |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Kiln - lime1 record |
| Mill - unclassified1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
| Burnt spread1 record |
| Font1 record |
| Country house1 record |
Just outside Carrigaline: 13
| Ballea CastleNational rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Kilmoney AbbeyRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| BayviewRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Coolmore House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Willowhill HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Ballea Bridge (Lower)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Kilmoney BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Coolmore House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Ballea Bridge (Upper)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Coolmore House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| RavenswoodRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Ballyhemiken BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Outbuilding, Carrigaline EastRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Carrigaline is still building: 15% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%
Homes dated between the wars are scarcer in Carrigaline than in most towns: 0.6%, against 3.9%. No period built more of Carrigaline than from 1981 to 2000: 40% of its homes. Take 2001 as the dividing line: more of Carrigaline’s homes stand on the older side.
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.
Carrigaline and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | 12 | 0 | 40 |
| Douglas | 22,029 | 51 | 0 | 31 |
| Passage West-Monkstown | 6,051 | 215 | 3 | 9 |
| Frankfield and Grange | 7,687 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Crosshaven | 3,263 | 89 | 3 | 6 |
| Cobh | 14,148 | 367 | 1 | 17 |
| Tramore | 4,803 | 56 | 0 | 1 |
Carrigaline in brief
Carrigaline has 12 places on the record. Of the whole list, 50% are homes. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 40 sites.
The oldest is The Dandy Bridge, from 1740. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more recorded buildings than only 20% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Beyond that, it has 12 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 16); and Wentworth Harman (1872) was born here before 1900.
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 Carrigaline’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Carrigaline?
12 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Carrigaline?
The Dandy Bridge: the first date on its record is 1740.
Are there archaeological sites in Carrigaline?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 40 archaeological sites inside Carrigaline.
How old are the homes in Carrigaline?
0.8% 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 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).