RegChurch / chapel · 1950–1955Church of Our Lady of the AssumptionBallyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10Photo: Tdr112 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption · Photo: Tdr112 · CC BY-SA 4.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballyfermot · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballyfermot: 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballyfermot’s oldest recorded building dates from 1740. 0.9% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. For every 10,000 residents, Ballyfermot has 8.3 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
On the National Inventory
3
8.3 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1740
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.9%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Ballyfermot’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 3, by rating
3 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
3 historic places in Ballyfermot
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1740–1750Saint John's College197 Le Fanu Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10
Post box · 1880–1900Post box, Le Fanu Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10
Homes by age
Few of Ballyfermot’s homes are newer than 2011: 1.2%, against 5.8%
Ballyfermot built little in the 2000s: 3.5% of its homes, where most towns have 25%. Building from 1981 to 2000 left Ballyfermot with 3.3% of its homes, below the usual 24%. 85% of Ballyfermot’s homes date from 1946 to 1980, well above the typical 24%.
0.9%
Before 1919
5.7%
1919–45
85%
1946–80
3.3%
1981–2000
3.5%
2001–10
1.2%
Since 2011
BallyfermotTypical 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
Ballyfermot and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyfermot | 3,632 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carna | 2,897 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kylemore | 2,557 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherry Orchard | 8,280 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Chapelizod | 4,862 | 131 | 5 | 50 |
| Decies | 2,713 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Palmerston | 11,012 | 53 | 0 | 6 |
In brief
Ballyfermot in brief
Ballyfermot has 3 places on the record. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest is Saint John's College, from 1740. The rest is about typical: it has 3 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 15).
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 Ballyfermot’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballyfermot?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballyfermot?
Saint John's College: the first date on its record is 1740.
How old are the homes in Ballyfermot?
0.9% 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) · 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).