- Address
- Main Street, Castlelyons
- Type
- Barracks
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20804012
Old Constabulary Barracks
Main Street, Castlelyons
About Old Constabulary Barracks
Old Constabulary Barracks is one of 14 buildings in Castlelyons the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Old Constabulary Barracks to 1820–1840. 7 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This simple nineteenth-century building displays a regularly proportioned elevation punctuated by square-headed openings typical of buildings of this type and date. Situated at the northern end of Castlelyons it forms an appealing introduction to the architecture of the village.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20804012 · 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 · 20804012↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 4 historic places in about 10 minutes
Castlelyons · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Old Constabulary BarracksStart here
- 2
Castlelyons FriaryArchaeological monument (SMR) · 100 m on - 3Old School BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Barrymore BarnRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
5 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded public buildings near Castlelyons
The nearest is Riverstown Community Centre R.A.C.A Ltd in Ballyvolane, 21 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Farthest out is The Firkin Crane Centre, Shandon, 27 km away.
Questions about Old Constabulary Barracks
Is Old Constabulary Barracks on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20804012).
Can you visit Old Constabulary Barracks?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Old Constabulary Barracks built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1820–1840.
Is Old Constabulary Barracks 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).