- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 11221020
Killakee House
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Killakee House
Killakee House is one of 8 buildings in Firhouse the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Killakee House to 1750–1770. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This multiple phase site has a rich and varied history, both architecturally and socially. Though refurbished, the house retains its original proportions and spatial relationships with the associated structures, forming a group which makes a bold impression on the passing road.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11221020 · 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 · 11221020↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 3 historic places in about 10 minutes
Firhouse · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Killakee HouseStart here
- 2Killakee House (road (section of))Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 3Killakee House (garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Recorded houses around Firhouse
Start with Pearse Museum in Rathfarnham, 4.2 km away. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Mary Aikenhead House in Dolphins Barn is the farthest, at 10 km.
Questions about Killakee House
Is Killakee House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11221020).
Can you visit Killakee House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Killakee House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1750–1770.
Is Killakee House 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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