History of Tivoli · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Tivoli: 18% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Tivoli has 5 times the share. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 93 buildings in Tivoli. The oldest record dates from 1780. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites.
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Where Tivoli’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 93, by rating
93 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
93 historic places in Tivoli
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Lower Glanmire Road23 on the record
Glanmire Road21 on the record
Castleview Terrace11 on the record
Montenotte Road8 on the record
Myrtle Hill7 on the record
Lover's Walk5 on the record
Grattan's Hill3 on the record
Trafalgar Hill3 on the record
Of the 93 records, 90 give a street address.
What’s recorded
Tivoli’s largest group: homes, 82% of the record
Two of the highest-rated records are Lotabeg and Arbutus Lodge. The next biggest group is walls, gates and bridges, 10 in all. Tivoli has no nationally rated building; its record is regional.
Homes76
Walls, gates and bridges10
Churches and chapels1
Mills, stations and works1
Inns, shops and warehouses1
Street furniture1
Public buildings1
Farm and estate buildings1
Other buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Tivoli’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries4
19th century 1800–189986
1900 and later to today3
4 of the 93 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Lotabeg, from 1780.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Tivoli
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
7 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.
Country house6 records
Gateway1 record
Homes by age
The biggest share of Tivoli’s homes dates from 1946 to 1980: 40%
Homes dated in the 2000s are scarcer in Tivoli than in most towns: 19%, against 25%. In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1981 to 2000; in Tivoli only 15%. From 2011 on, Tivoli built 4.9% of its homes, near the typical 5.8%.
18%
Before 1919
3.9%
1919–45
40%
1946–80
15%
1981–2000
19%
2001–10
4.9%
Since 2011
TivoliTypical 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.
Towns its size
Tivoli has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,200 to 4,800 residents, by buildings on the record.
More of Tivoli’s homes are old than in most places: 18% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 93 places on the record. For its size, it has more recorded buildings than 87% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more recorded buildings.
Lower Glanmire Road alone has 23 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 82%, are homes. Of the 93 with a date, 86 come from the 19th century.
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 Tivoli’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Tivoli?
93 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Tivoli?
House, Glanmire Road Middle, Cork: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Tivoli?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites inside Tivoli.
How old are the homes in Tivoli?
18% 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).
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c. 1895