Little Island Railway Station · Photo: JarlVanHoother · CC BY-SA 4.0Glounthaune has 33 buildings on the National Inventory
Glounthaune has kept more old homes than most towns: 7.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1750. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 43 archaeological sites inside the town. Glounthaune has 66 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Glounthaune in 9 photos
Of the buildings pictured in Glounthaune, Little Island Railway Station is the oldest, from 1855. There are photos of 3 of Glounthaune’s recorded places so far. First come Little Island Railway Station and Saint Lappan's Church of Ireland Church.
Saint Lappan's Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Bridge, Foaty, Harpers IslandRegional rating (NIAH)
Belvelly Martello TowerNational rating (NIAH)
Fota House (country house)National rating (NIAH)
Marino Point Martello TowerNational rating (NIAH)+4See 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 Glounthaune’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).
33 historic places in Glounthaune
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 22, A to Z
11 recorded by their type and address
11 are recorded only by their type and address: 5 homes, 4 street furniture and 1 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
61% of Glounthaune’s recorded buildings are homes
Second on the record: walls, gates and bridges, 4 of them. The highest-rated include Rockgrove and Ardmore House. No record in Glounthaune reaches national importance; they are rated regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Glounthaune’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 33 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Rockgrove, from 1750.
Archaeology in Glounthaune
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
43 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 - rath12 records |
| Kiln - corn-drying4 records |
| Graveyard3 records |
| Church3 records |
| Fulacht fia3 records |
| Castle - unclassified2 records |
| Country house2 records |
| Enclosure2 records |
| Midden2 records |
| Designed landscape - belvedere2 records |
| Mill - fulling1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Fish-pond1 record |
| Souterrain1 record |
| Standing stone1 record |
| 3 more kinds3 records |
Just outside Glounthaune: 23
| Fota House (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Belvelly Martello TowerNational rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Marino Point Martello TowerNational rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Annacarton BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| AshtongroveRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Belvelly BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Fota House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Fota House (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Fota House (garden structure misc)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Fota House (conservatory)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| The HermitageRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Fota House (folly)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Fota House (quay / wharf)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Fota House (worker's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Fota House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Fota Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Fota Railway Station (foot bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Fota Railway Station (station master's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Belvelly HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Kiln, TrantstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
Glounthaune is still building: 15% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%
The midpoint of Glounthaune’s housing falls before 2001: half the homes are older. Building in Glounthaune peaked from 1946 to 1980: 31% of the homes now standing. Homes built between the wars make up 3.9% of Glounthaune’s, about the typical 3.9%.
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.
Glounthaune and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 33 | 0 | 43 |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Passage West-Monkstown | 6,051 | 215 | 3 | 9 |
| Mahon | 13,892 | 109 | 4 | 14 |
| Carrigtwohill | 5,568 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 33 | 0 | 38 |
Glounthaune in brief
Old houses are part of Glounthaune’s character: 7.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 33 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 61%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 26 of 33. The oldest, Rockgrove, dates from 1750.
It also has 43 archaeological sites on the record. Beyond that, it has 33 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 57); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Glounthaune’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Glounthaune?
33 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Glounthaune?
Rockgrove: the first date on its record is 1750.
Are there archaeological sites in Glounthaune?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 43 archaeological sites inside Glounthaune.
How old are the homes in Glounthaune?
7.7% 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).