Church of the Ascension Roman Catholic Church · Photo: Michael O'Sheil · CC BY-SA 4.0Knocknaheeny: 18 buildings on the National Inventory
Knocknaheeny’s oldest recorded building dates from 1880. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites. Knocknaheeny has 32 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Look around Knocknaheeny: 2 photos
Church of the Ascension Roman Catholic Church and St Mary's on the Hill Roman Catholic Church lead the set. 2 of Knocknaheeny’s recorded places are photographed. Go back furthest in Knocknaheeny with Church of the Ascension Roman Catholic Church: 1950.
Photos 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 Knocknaheeny’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).
18 historic places in Knocknaheeny
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 16, A to Z
2 recorded by their type and address
2 are recorded only by their type and address: 1 street furniture and 1 other buildings; most date from the 20th century.
In Knocknaheeny, public buildings stand out: 39% of its record, 6% nationally
Knocknaheeny’s most recent recorded building is from 1975. In second place come churches and chapels, with 5. At the top of the record: “Presentation Brothers, Mount St Joseph” and Chapel of Our Lady of the Presentation.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Knocknaheeny’s dated buildings come from the 20th century or later
Each building by the first date on its record.
The oldest is Presentation Brothers, Mount St Joseph, from 1880.
Archaeology in Knocknaheeny
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 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.
| Graveyard1 record |
| Church1 record |
Few of Knocknaheeny’s homes are older than 1919: 2.5%, against 3.4%
Before 1981, Knocknaheeny had already built more than half of the homes it has now. Knocknaheeny has an unusual share of homes built from 1946 to 1980: 58%, where most towns have 24%. Building from 1981 to 2000 fell short in Knocknaheeny: 10%, against 24% 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.
Knocknaheeny and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 280 | 4 | 16 |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 48 | 0 | 2 |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 30 | 0 | 68 |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Farranree | 3,824 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Knocknaheeny in brief
Knocknaheeny has 18 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 20th century or later: 14 of 18. The oldest, Presentation Brothers, Mount St Joseph, dates from 1880. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 18 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 37); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and it also has 2 archaeological sites.
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 Knocknaheeny’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Knocknaheeny?
18 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Knocknaheeny?
Presentation Brothers, Mount St Joseph: the first date on its record is 1880.
Are there archaeological sites in Knocknaheeny?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Knocknaheeny.
How old are the homes in Knocknaheeny?
2.5% 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 (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).