- Address
- 122 Barrack Street, Cork City
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20503733
McSweeney's
122 Barrack Street, Cork City, South Gate
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About McSweeney's
McSweeney's is one of 197 buildings in South Gate the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates McSweeney's to 1800–1820. 61 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Significant early-nineteenth century terraced building retaining its original scale and form as well as a steeply pitched roofline, distinctive in this much altered streetscape. Despite some alterations, this building, particularly as one of a group of three, contributes positively to the street in terms of character.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20503733 · 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 · 20503733↗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 10 minutes
South Gate · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1McSweeney'sStart here
- 2St Nicholas's ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3School, Ursuline ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Ursuline Convent (convent / nunnery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5St Finbarr's South (presbytery / parochial / curate's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
15 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded houses near South Gate
Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. “House, Parliament Street, Cork City” in Cork City Centre is the nearest, at 400 m.
Questions about McSweeney's
Is McSweeney's on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20503733).
Can you visit McSweeney's?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was McSweeney's built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1820.
Is McSweeney's 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).