Firhouse Weir · Photo: Tdr112 · CC BY-SA 4.0Firhouse has 8 buildings on the National Inventory
0.6% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1650. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Firhouse has 6.5 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
3 pictures of historic Firhouse
The oldest building pictured in Firhouse is Firhouse Weir, from 1750. You can start with Firhouse Weir and Hell Fire Club. 3 photographers took them.
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.
Where Firhouse’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).
8 historic places in Firhouse
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegMore homes than anything else in and around Firhouse: 59%
The rating keeps Firhouse’s record at regional importance throughout. Two of the highest-rated records are Allenton House and Hell Fire Club. There are 5 kinds of building on Firhouse’s record.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Firhouse’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 8 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Allenton House, from 1650.
Archaeology in Firhouse
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
5 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.
| House - 18th/19th century2 records |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| House - 16th/17th century1 record |
Just outside Firhouse: 9
| Hell Fire ClubRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Killakee House (road (section of))Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Killakee HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Orlagh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Killakee House (garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Killakee House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Saint Colmcille's WellRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Farmyard complex, MountpelierRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Monument, Ballycullen RoadRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Little new building in Firhouse: 3.2% of homes date from 2011 on, against 5.8%
The period that gave Firhouse the most homes is from 1946 to 1980: 35%. Building between the wars left Firhouse with 0.2% of its homes, below the usual 3.9%. Homes dated from 1981 to 2000 are commoner in Firhouse than in most towns: 33%, against 24%.
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.
Firhouse and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firhouse | 12,254 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| Knocklyon | 13,854 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Bohernabreena | 4,613 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Bawn | 18,758 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Ballyboden | 5,246 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilnamanagh | 11,703 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Tallaght | 15,588 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
Firhouse in brief
Firhouse has 8 places on the record. Of the 8 with a date, 5 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Allenton House, from 1650. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
The archaeological record adds 5 sites. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more recorded buildings than only 19% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Beyond that, it has 8 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 75).
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 Firhouse’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Firhouse?
8 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Firhouse?
Allenton House: the first date on its record is 1650.
Are there archaeological sites in Firhouse?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Firhouse.
How old are the homes in Firhouse?
0.6% 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).