Jewish Cemetery · Photo: Ezell Jordan · CC BY-SA 4.0Crumlin: 17 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Crumlin goes back at least to 1770, the date of its oldest recorded building. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 10 archaeological sites. Crumlin has 8.8 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town. Of its homes, 1.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
typical town: 48
4 photos of Crumlin’s landmarks
The oldest building pictured in Crumlin is Grand Canal, from 1770. Of the places on Crumlin’s record, 4 have a photo here. You can start with Jewish Cemetery and Griffith Bridge.
Griffith BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Grand Canal (lock)Regional rating (NIAH)
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Good CounselRegional 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.
Where Crumlin’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).
18 historic places in Crumlin
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 17, A to Z
1 recorded by their type and address
1 are recorded only by their type and address: 1 homes; most date from the 19th century.
In Crumlin, public buildings stand out: 35% of its record, 6% nationally
All told, 5 kinds of building appear on Crumlin’s record. 4 records make walls, gates and bridges the second group. Two of the highest-rated records are Grand Canal and Camac Bridge.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Crumlin’s dated buildings come from the 20th century or later
Each building by the first date on its record.
4 of the 17 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Grand Canal, from 1770.
Archaeology in Crumlin
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
10 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.
| Graveslab2 records |
| Windmill2 records |
| Settlement cluster1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Castle - motte1 record |
| Headstone1 record |
Crumlin has added few homes since 2011: 1.8%, where most towns have 5.8%
Homes dated from 1981 to 2000 are scarcer in Crumlin than in most towns: 8.4%, against 24%. Building between the wars left Crumlin with 45% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. Just 3.3% of the homes in Crumlin went up in the 2000s, short of the typical 25%.
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.
Crumlin and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 17 | 0 | 10 |
| Kimmage | 15,207 | 18 | 0 | 14 |
| Inchicore | 5,285 | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| Kilmainham | 10,240 | 52 | 7 | 8 |
| Walkinstown | 7,442 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| Dolphins Barn | 18,799 | 188 | 7 | 65 |
| Perrystown | 7,581 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Crumlin in brief
Crumlin has 18 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 20th century or later: 10 of 17. The oldest, Grand Canal, dates from 1770.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 10 sites. The rest is about typical: it has 17 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 16); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Henry Mitchell Jones (1831) was born here before 1900.
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 Crumlin’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Crumlin?
17 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Crumlin?
Grand Canal: the first date on its record is 1770.
Are there archaeological sites in Crumlin?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 10 archaeological sites inside Crumlin.
How old are the homes in Crumlin?
1.9% 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 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).