Farmleigh (country house) · Photo: DubhEire · CC0Carpenterstown: 71 buildings on the National Inventory, 2 of them of national importance
Carpenterstown’s oldest recorded building dates from 1700. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 17 archaeological sites inside the town. Of its homes, 1.1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. For every 10,000 residents, Carpenterstown has 34 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Old and new: 5 photos and 1 old views of Carpenterstown
So far the camera has reached 5 of Carpenterstown’s recorded places. Carpenterstown as it was in 1899, in old photographs. Of Carpenterstown’s places of national importance, 1 are photographed.
Saint Brigid's Church (Castleknock)Regional rating (NIAH)
Glenmaroon House (foot bridge)Regional rating (NIAH)
Saint Mochta's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Farmleigh (folly)Regional rating (NIAH)+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Carpenterstown in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
c. 1899From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Carpenterstown’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
2 places of national importance in Carpenterstown
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Nat69 more historic places in Carpenterstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 55, A to Z
14 recorded by their type and address
14 are recorded only by their type and address: 6 street furniture, 4 homes and 3 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
Lower Road has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 71 records, 59 give a street address.
In Carpenterstown, homes lead the record (62%)
1920 brings Carpenterstown’s record up to its newest entry. Across Ireland street furniture make up 3% of the record, so Carpenterstown’s 8% stands out. The runner-up group is walls, gates and bridges: 8 records.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Carpenterstown’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
7 of the 71 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is The Wren's Nest, from 1700.
Archaeology in Carpenterstown
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
17 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.
| Ringfort - unclassified2 records |
| Ritual site - holy well2 records |
| Kiln - lime2 records |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Religious house - Benedictine monks1 record |
| Habitation site1 record |
| Castle - motte and bailey1 record |
| Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle1 record |
| Burial1 record |
| Designed landscape - belvedere1 record |
| Burial ground1 record |
| Excavation - miscellaneous1 record |
| Weir - fish1 record |
Just outside Carpenterstown: 3
| Home VillaRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Luttrellstown CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| The GablesRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
Since 2011, Carpenterstown has added 11% of its homes, against a usual 5.8%
More than half of Carpenterstown’s housing predates 2001. Carpenterstown added comparatively little between the wars: 0.4% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 50% of Carpenterstown’s, against 24% in the typical 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.
Carpenterstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenterstown | 20,967 | 71 | 2 | 17 |
| Blanchardstown | 24,613 | 12 | 2 | 15 |
| Castleknock | 6,355 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Palmerston | 11,012 | 53 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyowen | 14,739 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mulhuddart | 19,252 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Clonsilla | 22,510 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Carpenterstown in brief
Carpenterstown has 71 places on the record, 2 of them in the top tier. Lower Road alone has 16 places on the record. Of the whole list, 62% are homes. Of the 71 with a date, 45 come from the 19th century. The oldest is The Wren's Nest, from 1700.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 17 sites. The rest is about typical: it has 71 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 71); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Carpenterstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Carpenterstown?
71 buildings on the National Inventory, 2 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Carpenterstown are of national importance?
Country house, Saint Vincent's College and Farmleigh (country house).
What is the oldest building in Carpenterstown?
The Wren's Nest: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Carpenterstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 17 archaeological sites inside Carpenterstown.
How old are the homes in Carpenterstown?
1.1% 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) · 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).