St Kevin's Asylum · Photo: fdecomite · CC BY 2.0Shanakiel: 48 buildings on the National Inventory
Shanakiel has kept more old homes than most towns: 14% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1640. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Shanakiel has 126 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
2 photos of Shanakiel’s landmarks
Atkin's Hall, dated 1845, is the oldest pictured in Shanakiel. Of the places on Shanakiel’s record, 2 have a photo here. Look out for St Kevin's Asylum and Atkin's Hall.
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 Shanakiel’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).
48 historic places in Shanakiel
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 26, A to Z
22 recorded by their type and address
22 are recorded only by their type and address: 14 homes, 3 other buildings and 2 churches and chapels; most date from the 19th century.
Lee Road has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 48 records, 44 give a street address.
67% of Shanakiel’s recorded buildings are homes
Across its record, Shanakiel takes in 7 kinds of building. In second place come public buildings, with 4. The highest-rated include Shanakiel Place and Totem House.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Shanakiel’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
4 of the 48 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Shanakiel
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.
| Midden1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
New homes are rare in Shanakiel: 2.9% since 2011, against a usual 5.8%
Split Shanakiel’s homes at 2001 and the older side is the larger. Shanakiel built little between the wars: 1.6% of its homes, where most towns have 3.9%. No period built more of Shanakiel than from 1946 to 1980: 32% of its homes.
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.
Shanakiel and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 48 | 0 | 2 |
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 280 | 4 | 16 |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 129 | 7 | 39 |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| Glasheen | 5,981 | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | 27 | 0 | 20 |
Shanakiel in brief
Old houses are part of Shanakiel’s character: 14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 48 places on the record. For its size, it has more recorded buildings than 78% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Lee Road alone has 17 places on the record.
Most entries on the list, 67%, are homes. Of the 48 with a date, 36 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Shanakiel Place, from 1770. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 48 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 24); 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 Shanakiel’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Shanakiel?
48 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Shanakiel?
Monument, Sunday's Well Road, Cork: the first date on its record is 1640.
Are there archaeological sites in Shanakiel?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Shanakiel.
How old are the homes in Shanakiel?
14% 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).