- Address
- Inishannon
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20849028
The Forge
Inishannon
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About The Forge
The Forge is one of 22 buildings in Inishannon the National Inventory rates Regional. The Forge dates from 1800–1840. 4 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A terrace of three houses which forms a notable group at the western entrance to Innishannon. The recent sympathetic renovation works are executed in traditional materials, and allow the historic character of the terrace to remain.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20849028 · 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 · 20849028↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 20 minutes
Inishannon · about 1.1 km on foot, as the crow flies















Recorded houses around Inishannon
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. The nearest is Desmond Castle in Kinsale, 12 km away. “House, The Mercy Hospital” in Cork City Centre is the farthest, at 20 km.








Questions about The Forge
Is The Forge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20849028).
Can you visit The Forge?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was The Forge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1840.
Is The Forge 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).

