Country house · 1780–1800Dunkettle House (country house)Dunkettle
Photo: Seighean at English Wikipedia · Public domain12buildings on the National Inventory
History of Glanmire · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Glanmire has 12 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
History in Glanmire goes back at least to 1720, the date of its oldest recorded building. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 9 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Glanmire has 27 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48. Of its homes, 1.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
12
27 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
9
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1720
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
1.6%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Glanmire’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 12, by rating
1 National and International11 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).
National and International
One place of national importance in Glanmire
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
11 more historic places in Glanmire
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Country house · 1720–1740Ballinglanna HouseGlanmire
House · 1780–1820WoodleaGlanmire
Outbuilding · 1790–1810Dunkettle House (outbuilding)Dunkettle
House · 1800–1820EastcliffeGlanmire
House · 1800–1840Eastcliffe / Glanmire Chiropractic ClinicGlanmire
Gate lodge · 1810–1830Dunkettle House (gate lodge)Dunkettle
Outbuilding · 1840–1860Dunkettle House (outbuilding)Dunkettle
Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house, gate lodge · 1890–1910Glanmire RectoryGlanmire
Outbuilding · 1800–1820Outbuilding, Riverstown
Mill (water) · 1850–1870Mill (water), Glanmire
Post box · 1900–1910Post box, Glanmire
What’s recorded
The record in Glanmire starts with homes, at 58%
The latest date on Glanmire’s record is 1900. In second place come farm and estate buildings, with 3. Two of the highest-rated records are Dunkettle House and Ballinglanna House.
Homes7
Farm and estate buildings3
Mills, stations and works1
Street furniture1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Glanmire’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries4
19th century 1800–18997
1900 and later to today1
4 of the 12 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Ballinglanna House, from 1720.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Glanmire
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
9 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.
| Architectural fragment2 records |
| Mill - corn1 record |
| Kiln - lime1 record |
| Distillery1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
| Coach house1 record |
| Country house1 record |
| Icehouse1 record |
Homes by age
17% of Glanmire’s homes are newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Look at when Glanmire’s homes went up and one period leads: in the 2000s, with 45%. Against a typical 3.9%, only 0.8% of Glanmire’s homes went up between the wars. Building from 1946 to 1980 fell short in Glanmire: 10%, against 24% in most towns.
1.6%
Before 1919
0.8%
1919–45
10%
1946–80
25%
1981–2000
45%
2001–10
17%
Since 2011
GlanmireTypical 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.
Born here
3 notable people born in Glanmire before 1900
From Arthur Orpen Herbert (1831) to Iris Cummins (1894): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Arthur Orpen Herbert
Willie O'Neill
Iris Cummins
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IC
Iris Cummins1894–1968 · Irish civil engineer, b. June 1894
Arthur Orpen Herbert1831–1890 · Second commissioner of Queensland Rail in Australia
WO
Willie O'Neill1876–1963 · Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
Everyone born in Glanmire → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Glanmire and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 33 | 0 | 38 |
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 33 | 0 | 43 |
| Tivoli | 4,449 | 93 | 0 | 7 |
| Mahon | 13,892 | 109 | 4 | 14 |
| Mayfield | 2,846 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
In brief
Glanmire in brief
The official list counts 12 places on the record in Glanmire, 1 of them in the top tier, including Dunkettle House. Of the whole list, 58% are homes. Of the 12 with a date, 7 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Ballinglanna House, from 1720.
Iris Cummins (1894), Arthur Orpen Herbert (1831) and Willie O'Neill (1876) were all born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 9 sites. Beyond that, it has 12 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 24); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Glanmire’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Glanmire?
12 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Glanmire are of national importance?
Dunkettle House (country house).
What is the oldest building in Glanmire?
Ballinglanna House: the first date on its record is 1720.
Are there archaeological sites in Glanmire?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 9 archaeological sites inside Glanmire.
How old are the homes in Glanmire?
1.6% 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) · 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).