Church of the Immaculate Conception · Photo: MonikaLisa2 · CC BY-SA 4.0Glasheen: 35 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Glasheen: 12% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1730. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 3 archaeological sites inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Glasheen has 59 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Where Glasheen’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).
35 historic places in Glasheen
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 8, A to Z
27 recorded by their type and address
27 are recorded only by their type and address: 23 homes, 3 street furniture and 1 churches and chapels; most date from the 19th century.
Lough Road and Bandon Road have the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 35 records, 35 give a street address.
80% of Glasheen’s recorded buildings are homes
Rated by importance, Glasheen’s buildings are all regional. The runner-up group is street furniture: 3 records. At the top of the record: Peterborough and Annie Mac's.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Glasheen’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 35 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Peterborough, from 1730.
Archaeology in Glasheen
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
3 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.
| Souterrain1 record |
| Burial ground1 record |
| Country house1 record |
Glasheen has added few homes since 2011: 1.6%, where most towns have 5.8%
In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1946 to 1980; in Glasheen, 54%. More of Glasheen’s homes than usual date between the wars: 18%, against 3.9%. Building in the 2000s fell short in Glasheen: 4.8%, against 25% in most towns.
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.
Glasheen and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasheen | 5,981 | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 129 | 7 | 39 |
| Togher | 3,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 280 | 4 | 16 |
| Turner's Cross | 7,208 | 85 | 1 | 1 |
| South Gate | 7,185 | 199 | 2 | 16 |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 671 | 14 | 19 |
Glasheen in brief
Old houses are part of Glasheen’s character: 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 35 places on the record. Of the whole list, 80% are homes.
Of the 35 with a date, 31 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Peterborough, from 1730. Beyond that, it has 35 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 22); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Dan Kennefick (1888) 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 Glasheen’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Glasheen?
35 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Glasheen?
Peterborough: the first date on its record is 1730.
Are there archaeological sites in Glasheen?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites inside Glasheen.
How old are the homes in Glasheen?
12% 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).