History of Knockrea · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Old homes in Knockrea: 27% built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Knockrea has 8 times the share. On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Knockrea counts 237 buildings, 5 of them of national importance. Few towns its size have as much: 453 per 10,000 residents, more than 96% of them. Its oldest building dates from 1750.
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The map
Where Knockrea’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites400 m from Building misc, Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Cork City
5 of 5within 400 m of Building misc, Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Cork City, the heart of the town’s history
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 237, by rating
5 National and International232 Regional and other sites
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).
National and International
5 places of national importance in Knockrea
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Blackrock Road35 on the record
Victoria Road27 on the record
Old Blackrock Road21 on the record
Thomond Square19 on the record
Albert Quay11 on the record
Langford Row9 on the record
Ardfoyle Avenue5 on the record
Langford Terrace5 on the record
Grand View Terrace5 on the record
Ardfoyle Crescent4 on the record
Temple Place4 on the record
Rockboro Road4 on the record
Of the 237 records, 188 give a street address.
What’s recorded
83% of Knockrea’s recorded buildings are homes
Across its record, Knockrea takes in 7 kinds of building. Compared with the National Inventory (8%), Knockrea has a low share of walls, gates and bridges: 2%. The next biggest group is public buildings, 10 in all.
Homes197
Public buildings10
Street furniture7
Mills, stations and works6
Walls, gates and bridges5
Churches and chapels2
Other buildings10
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Knockrea’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries14
19th century 1800–1899181
1900 and later to today42
14 of the 237 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is South Infirmary, from 1750.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Knockrea
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
5 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.
Souterrain2 records
Railway station2 records
Tram depot1 record
Homes by age
27% of Knockrea’s homes were built before 1919
Knockrea added comparatively little from 1981 to 2000: 12% of its homes, the typical town 24%. Homes built between the wars make up 12% of Knockrea’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. Fewer of Knockrea’s homes than usual date from 1946 to 1980: 17%, against 24%.
27%
Before 1919
12%
1919–45
17%
1946–80
12%
1981–2000
27%
2001–10
4.9%
Since 2011
KnockreaTypical town
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.
Born here
3 notable people born in Knockrea before 1900
From Steva Riordan (1875) to Mick Murphy (1894): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Steva Riordan
Eugene O'Connell
Mick Murphy
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Steva Riordan1875–1924 · Irish hurler
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Eugene O'Connell1894–1956 · Irish hurler
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Mick Murphy1894–1968 · Irish sportsman and revolutionary figure
Everyone born in Knockrea → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Knockrea has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,000 to 5,500 residents, by buildings on the record.
For its size, Knockrea has more recorded buildings than 96% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. All told, the list holds 237 places on the record, 5 of them in the top tier. Of its homes, 27% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more recorded buildings.
On Blackrock Road alone there are 35 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 83%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 181 of 237.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
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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.
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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.
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The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Knockrea’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Knockrea?
237 buildings on the National Inventory, 5 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Knockrea are of national importance?
Building misc, Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Cork City, Factory, Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Cork City, Factory, Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Cork City, Factory, Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Cork City and Factory, Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Cork City.
What is the oldest building in Knockrea?
House, Bull's Lane, Cork City: the first date on its record is 1750.
Are there archaeological sites in Knockrea?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Knockrea.
How old are the homes in Knockrea?
27% 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 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).
Burmah · Photo: Michael O'Sheil · CC BY-SA 4.0
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