Country house · 1760–1765Marlay House (country house)Grange Road
Kilmashogue Megalithic Tomb · Photo: D18Jessica · CC BY-SA 4.011buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballinteer · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballinteer has 11 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
0.7% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1760. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites. Ballinteer has 6.9 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
11
6.9 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
4
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1760
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.7%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Ballinteer’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 11, by rating
1 National and International10 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
One place of national importance in Ballinteer
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
10 more historic places in Ballinteer
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Stables · 1760–1837Marlay House (stables)Grange Road
Cottage ornee · 1760–1837Marlay House (cottage ornee)Grange Road
Farmyard complex · 1760–1837Marlay House (farmyard complex)Grange Road
Walled garden · 1794–1837Marlay House (walled garden)Grange Road
Worker's house · 1794–1837Marlay House (worker's house)Grange Road
Gates / railings / walls · 1844–1907Marlay House (gates / railings / walls)Grange Road
Gates / railings / walls · 1911–1936Marlay House (gates / railings / walls)Grange Road
Gate lodge · 1911–1937Marlay House (gate lodge)Grange Road
Gates / railings / walls · 1911–1937Marlay House (gates / railings / walls)Grange Road
Post box · 1881–1901Post box, Grange Road
What’s recorded
No single kind leads in Ballinteer: homes and walls, gates and bridges have 4 each
1911 brings Ballinteer’s record up to its newest entry. The variety is wide in Ballinteer: 4 kinds of building on the record.
Homes4
Walls, gates and bridges4
Farm and estate buildings2
Street furniture1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Ballinteer’s dated buildings come from the 16th to 18th centuries
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries6
19th century 1800–18992
1900 and later to today3
6 of the 11 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Marlay House, from 1760.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Ballinteer
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
4 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.
| Cupmarked stone (present location)2 records |
| Enclosure1 record |
| Church1 record |
Just outside Ballinteer: 9
| Kilmashogue Megalithic TombNational monument to visit · 1.1 km outside the town |
| DanesmoateRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Saint Columba's College (building misc)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Saint Columba's College (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Saint Columba's College (clubhouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Saint Columba's College (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Saint Columba's College (library / archive)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Saint Columba's College (monument)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Saint Columba's College (laboratory)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Ballinteer has added few homes since 2011: 2.3%, where most towns have 5.8%
The midpoint of Ballinteer’s housing falls before 1981: half the homes are older. Ballinteer added a lot from 1946 to 1980: 67% of its homes, the typical town 24%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 13% of Ballinteer’s, against 24% in the typical town.
0.7%
Before 1919
2.5%
1919–45
67%
1946–80
13%
1981–2000
15%
2001–10
2.3%
Since 2011
BallinteerTypical 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
Ballinteer and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Churchtown | 10,044 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Edmondstown | 5,451 | 41 | 0 | 6 |
| Rathfarnham | 17,508 | 86 | 1 | 11 |
| Sandyford | 8,844 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
In brief
Ballinteer in brief
Ballinteer has 11 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Marlay House. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 6 of 11. The oldest, Marlay House, dates from 1760.
Its homes are mostly newer: 0.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more recorded buildings than only 21% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 11 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 18); and it also has 4 archaeological sites.
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 Ballinteer’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballinteer?
11 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Ballinteer are of national importance?
Marlay House (country house).
What is the oldest building in Ballinteer?
Marlay House: the first date on its record is 1760.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballinteer?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Ballinteer.
How old are the homes in Ballinteer?
0.7% 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).