Prison walls · 1840–1880Cork Prison (prison walls)Rathmore Road, Cork
Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.05buildings on the National Inventory
History of The Glen · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
The Glen: 5 buildings on the National Inventory
History in The Glen goes back at least to 1800, the date of its oldest recorded building. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, The Glen has 8.2 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
On the National Inventory
5
8.2 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
1
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
3.9%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where The Glen’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 5, by rating
5 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).
Regional and other sites
5 historic places in The Glen
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Prison / jail · 1845–1850Cork Prison (prison / jail)Rathmore Road, Cork
Church / chapel · 1970–1975St Brendan’s Roman Catholic ChurchGlen Avenue, Cork
Sign post · 1800–1840Sign post, Rathmore Road, Cork
House · 1910–1930House, 1-2 Cahergal Villas, Ballyhooly New Road, Cork
What’s recorded
In The Glen, walls, gates and bridges and homes are level at 1 each
The record in The Glen runs as late as 1970. Two of the highest-rated records are Cork Prison and St Brendan’s Roman Catholic Church. None of The Glen’s records is rated of national importance; all are of regional interest.
Walls, gates and bridges1
Homes1
Churches and chapels1
Other buildings2
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of The Glen’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18993
1900 and later to today2
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in The Glen
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Country house1 record |
Homes by age
Most of The Glen’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980: 55%
Homes dated between the wars are commoner in The Glen than in most towns: 5.5%, against 3.9%. Building in the 2000s left The Glen with 13% of its homes, below the usual 25%. The last decade or so added just 4.4% of The Glen’s homes, against 5.8% in most towns.
3.9%
Before 1919
5.5%
1919–45
55%
1946–80
18%
1981–2000
13%
2001–10
4.4%
Since 2011
The GlenTypical 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.
Neighbours
The Glen and its neighbours
In brief
The Glen in brief
Old houses are part of The Glen’s character: 3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 5 places on the record. Of the 5 with a date, 3 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Cork Prison, from 1840.
For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more recorded buildings than only 24% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Beyond that, it has 5 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 23); and it also has an archaeological site.
How to read these numbers
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 The Glen’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in The Glen?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in The Glen?
Sign post, Rathmore Road, Cork: the first date on its record is 1800.
Are there archaeological sites in The Glen?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside The Glen.
How old are the homes in The Glen?
3.9% 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) · 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).