Drumcondra: 19% of homes built before 1919

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1865–1914

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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).

44 recorded by their type and address

44 are recorded only by their type and address: 30 homes, 7 street furniture and 3 churches and chapels; most date from the 19th century.

See all 44 on the map

Of the 89 records, 74 give a street address.

11 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.

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.

Henry Moore

William Forster McCord

Nevill Coghill

Charles B. Franklin

Mia Cranwill

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Charles B. Franklin1880–1932 · Irish motorcycle designer and racer

Nevill Coghill1852–1879 · Irish military officer (1852–1879); recipient of the Victoria Cross

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Henry Moore1751–1844 · British writer

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William Forster McCord1837–1898 · Australian politician

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Mia Cranwill1880–1972 · Irish designer and metal artist

Everyone born in Drumcondra → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

More of Drumcondra’s homes are old than in most places: 19% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 89 places on the record, 2 of them in the top tier. Drumcondra Road alone has 26 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 55%, are homes.

Of the 89 with a date, 60 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Castle, St. Joseph's School for Children with Visual Imp, from 1560. Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include Charles B. Franklin (1880), Nevill Coghill (1852) and Henry Moore (1751). The rest is about typical: it has 89 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 75); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.