Photo: Peter Craine · CC BY-SA 2.0Gurranebraher has 31 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Gurranebraher: 11% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1720. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Gurranebraher has 69 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Where Gurranebraher’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).
31 historic places in Gurranebraher
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 10, A to Z
21 recorded by their type and address
21 are recorded only by their type and address: 16 homes, 3 street furniture and 2 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Blarney Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 31 records, 29 give a street address.
The record in Gurranebraher starts with homes, at 84%
In second place come street furniture, with 3. Among the highest-rated: O'Driscoll's Toy Shop and Redz Hairdressers. Regional importance is the highest rating any of Gurranebraher’s buildings holds.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Gurranebraher’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
10 of the 31 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Gurranebraher
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
43% of Gurranebraher’s homes were built from 1946 to 1980
Building between the wars left Gurranebraher with 34% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1981 to 2000; in Gurranebraher only 4.6%. Against a typical 25%, only 3.4% of Gurranebraher’s homes went up in the 2000s.
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.
Gurranebraher and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 280 | 4 | 16 |
| Shandon | 3,539 | 196 | 5 | 9 |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 671 | 14 | 19 |
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| Farranree | 3,824 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Blackpool | 3,124 | 69 | 0 | 2 |
Gurranebraher in brief
More of Gurranebraher’s homes are old than in most places: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 31 places on the record. Blarney Street alone has 12 places on the record.
Most entries on the list, 84%, are homes. The oldest is O'Driscoll's Toy Shop, from 1730. Beyond that, it has 31 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 31); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and it also has an archaeological site.
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 Gurranebraher’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Gurranebraher?
31 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Gurranebraher?
House, 373 Blarney Street, Cork City: the first date on its record is 1720.
Are there archaeological sites in Gurranebraher?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Gurranebraher.
How old are the homes in Gurranebraher?
11% 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) · 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).