Archbold's Castle · Photo: DDoghaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Old homes in Dalkey: 15% built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Dalkey has 5 times the share. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 38 archaeological sites inside it. No building in Dalkey is on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
typical town: 48
Historic Dalkey: 2 photos, 3 old views
The old photographs show Dalkey between 1890 and 1908. Each of Dalkey’s two recorded places has a photo. Look out for Archbold's Castle and Dalkey Castle.
Photos 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.
Dalkey from 1890 to 1908
3 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
1890
c. 1895
1905–1911From 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 Dalkey’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 historic places in Dalkey
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
SMR
SMRArchaeology in Dalkey
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
38 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.
| Castle - unclassified3 records |
| Cross-inscribed stone3 records |
| Town defences2 records |
| Well2 records |
| Martello tower2 records |
| Church2 records |
| Graveslab2 records |
| Cross2 records |
| Castle - tower house2 records |
| Settlement cluster1 record |
| Gatehouse1 record |
| Quay1 record |
| Historic town1 record |
| Cross-slab1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| 12 more kinds12 records |
Most of Dalkey’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980: 52%
A full 8.3% of the homes in Dalkey went up between the wars, beyond the typical 3.9%. Only 3.9% of Dalkey’s homes were built in the 2000s, less than the typical town’s 25%. Against a typical 24%, only 15% of Dalkey’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000.
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.
6 notable people born in Dalkey before 1900
From William Leet (1833) to Eric Betts (1897): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Dalkey → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
How Dalkey compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,900 to 8,700 residents, by buildings on the record.
13 have more. Dalkey is level with Booterstown and Dubber. The typical town its size has 94. 3 of the 16 have none.
Dalkey and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalkey | 8,275 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Sallynoggin | 13,245 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dún Laoghaire | 17,994 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Ballybrack | 2,872 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Killiney | 9,776 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 31 | 1 | 66 |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 94 | 4 | 5 |
Dalkey in brief
More of Dalkey’s homes are old than in most places: 15% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 2 places on the record. Carmel Snow (1887), Willie Doyle (1873) and Edith Young (1882) are among the 6 people born here before 1900. It also has 38 archaeological sites on the record. Most towns its size have more recorded buildings: the typical one has 94.
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 Dalkey’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Dalkey?
0 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Are there archaeological sites in Dalkey?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 38 archaeological sites inside Dalkey.
How old are the homes in Dalkey?
15% 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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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).