Church / chapel · 1830–1840Saint Matthias' Church (Killiney-Ballybrack) (church / chapel)Church Road
Photo: Djm-leighpark · CC BY-SA 4.05buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballybrack · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballybrack has 5 buildings on the National Inventory
0.1% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1830. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Ballybrack has 17 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
On the National Inventory
5
17 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
1830
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.1%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Ballybrack’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 Ballybrack
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Gate lodge · 1844–1866Kylemore (gate lodge)Church Road
House · 1867–1901Kylemore (house)Church Road
Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house · 1875–1880WoodfieldChurch Road
Church hall / parish hall · 1910–1915Saint Matthias' Church (Killiney-Ballybrack) (church hall / parish hall)Church Road
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in and around Ballybrack: 60%
The latest date on Ballybrack’s record is 1910. In second place come churches and chapels, with 2. Two of the highest-rated records are Saint Matthias' Church (Killiney-Ballybrack) and Kylemore.
Homes3
Churches and chapels2
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 Ballybrack’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18994
1900 and later to today1
The oldest is Saint Matthias' Church (Killiney-Ballybrack), from 1830.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Ballybrack
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.
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Homes by age
New homes are rare in Ballybrack: 0.9% since 2011, against a usual 5.8%
Just 2.2% of the homes in Ballybrack went up in the 2000s, short of the typical 25%. Homes dated between the wars are scarcer in Ballybrack than in most towns: 0.2%, against 3.9%. Ballybrack added a lot from 1946 to 1980: 87% of its homes, the typical town 24%.
0.1%
Before 1919
0.2%
1919–45
87%
1946–80
9.7%
1981–2000
2.2%
2001–10
0.9%
Since 2011
BallybrackTypical 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
Ballybrack and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballybrack | 2,872 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Killiney | 9,776 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 31 | 1 | 66 |
| Sallynoggin | 13,245 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalkey | 8,275 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 94 | 4 | 5 |
| Shankill | 11,009 | 72 | 1 | 61 |
In brief
Ballybrack in brief
Ballybrack has 5 places on the record. Of the 5 with a date, 4 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Saint Matthias' Church (Killiney-Ballybrack), from 1830. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Beyond that, it has 5 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 18); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Seán Lemass (1899) and Charles Joseph Patten (1870) were born here before 1900.
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 Ballybrack’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballybrack?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballybrack?
Saint Matthias' Church (Killiney-Ballybrack): the first date on its record is 1830.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballybrack?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Ballybrack.
How old are the homes in Ballybrack?
0.1% 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 and English Wikipedia for people born here · 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).