Carrignavar Bridge · Photo: Donal.hunt · CC BY-SA 4.0Carrignavar: 4 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Carrignavar: 7.9% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1800. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 5 archaeological sites inside the town.
Where Carrignavar’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).
4 historic places in Carrignavar
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegCarrignavar and its edges: homes first, 63%
Second on the record: walls, gates and bridges, 2 of them. Leading the record by rating: Ardnabricka Bridge and Carrignavar Bridge. Every building on Carrignavar’s record is rated regional, none national.
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 in Carrignavar
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.
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Standing stone1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Souterrain1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
Just outside Carrignavar: 4
| Ardnabricka BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| House, BallynabortaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, CarrignavarRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| House, LaharanRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
New homes are rare in Carrignavar: 3.6% since 2011, against a usual 5.8%
Homes built between the wars make up just 3% of Carrignavar’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. Carrignavar built little from 1946 to 1980: 13% of its homes, where most towns have 24%. More of the homes standing in Carrignavar today were built in the 2000s than in any other period: 41%.
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.
Carrignavar and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrignavar | 563 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 33 | 0 | 38 |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 30 | 0 | 68 |
| The Glen | 6,119 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
Carrignavar in brief
More of Carrignavar’s homes are old than in most places: 7.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 4 places on the record. It also has 5 archaeological sites on the record. The oldest, Carrignavar Bridge, dates from 1800.
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 Carrignavar’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Carrignavar?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Carrignavar?
Carrignavar Bridge: the first date on its record is 1800.
Are there archaeological sites in Carrignavar?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Carrignavar.
How old are the homes in Carrignavar?
7.9% 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).