- Address
- Crumlin Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12
- Type
- Handball alley
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50080193
Iveagh Grounds
Crumlin Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12
About Iveagh Grounds
Iveagh Grounds is one of 17 buildings in Crumlin the National Inventory rates Regional. Iveagh Grounds dates from 1930–1950. 4 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This handball alley is an important reminder of the strong position the sport once held in Ireland, illustrating the high regard and esteem traditional sports were given in the early days of the Republic. It represents a building type of some social and vernacular importance, indigenous to Ireland.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50080193 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50080193↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 20 minutes
Crumlin · about 1.1 km on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Iveagh GroundsStart here
- 2Allied Irish BankRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Iveagh Grounds (sports hall / centre / gymnasium)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 4Crumlin Health CentreRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
- 5Sundrive Garda StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Good CounselRegional rating (NIAH)900 m
Griffith BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)900 mOur Lady's Children's HospitalRegional rating (NIAH)900 mLike it: recorded buildings near Crumlin
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Start with Liberties College in Christchurch, 2.6 km away.
Questions about Iveagh Grounds
Is Iveagh Grounds on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50080193).
Can you visit Iveagh Grounds?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Iveagh Grounds built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1930–1950.
Is Iveagh Grounds 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.
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). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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