NatHouse · 1930–1935Bealnagowan HouseSt. Mobhi Bóithirín, Dublin 9Photo: Smirkybec · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Bealnagowan House · Photo: Smirkybec · CC BY-SA 4.0135buildings on the National Inventory
History of Glasnevin · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Glasnevin: 44% of homes built before 1919
For Glasnevin, that is 13 times the typical town’s share, 3.4%. On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Glasnevin counts 135 buildings, 8 of them of national importance. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1640. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 16 archaeological sites inside the town.
On the National Inventory
135
145 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
8
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
16
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1640
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
44%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Then and today: Glasnevin in 5 photos and 1 old views
1 of the highest-rated places in Glasnevin have a photo. Of the places on Glasnevin’s record, 5 have a photo here. From 1900 come the old photographs of Glasnevin.
Charles McGauran MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)
Irish Meteorological OfficeRegional rating (NIAH)
Barton MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)
St. Columba's National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH)+1See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Glasnevin in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
c. 1900From 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.
The map
Where Glasnevin’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites400 m from O'Connell Circle
6 of 8within 400 m of O'Connell Circle, the heart of the town’s history
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 135, by rating
8 National and International127 Regional and other sites
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).
National and International
8 places of national importance in Glasnevin
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Glass / green house · 1840–1870National Botanic Gardens (Curvilinear Range)Botanic Road, Dublin 9
Gates / railings / walls · 1830–1890Glasnevin CemeteryGlasnevin Cemetery, Finglas Road, Dublin 11
Building misc · 1835–1845O'Connell CircleGlasnevin Cemetery, Finglas Road, Dublin 11
Mausoleum · 1865–1870O'Connell MonumentGlasnevin Cemetery, Finglas Road, Dublin 11
Glass / green house · 1880–1885National Botanic Gardens (Great Palm House)Botanic Road, Dublin 9
Mausoleum · 1885–1890Archbishop Edward McCabe MausoleumGlasnevin Cemetery, Finglas Road, Dublin 11
Grave monument · 1890–1940Parnell MonumentGlasnevin Cemetery, Finglas Road, Dublin 11
Regional and other sites
127 more historic places in Glasnevin
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 72, A to Z
1916 Monument\Dora Sigerson-Shorter MonumentAllied Irish BankArts and Business CampusAylward HouseBank of IrelandBarton MonumentBeechmount HouseBishop Patrick Duggan MonumentBoland MausoleumBon Secours HospitalBotanic HouseBotanic Veterinary HospitalBurke MonumentCampbell MonumentCardinal William Walsh MonumentCassidy MonumentChapelgateCharles McGauran MonumentChurch of Our Lady of DoloursConnolly MonumentConvent of the Holy FaithCross Guns BridgeDean Swift BridgeDrumcondra Railway StationFagan'sFleming MonumentFortune MausoleumGlasnevin Cemetery (Cemetery Office)Glasnevin Cemetery (East Gate)Glasnevin Educate Together National SchoolGlenaboyGlenarm HouseHollybank HouseHoly Faith ConventIrish Meteorological OfficeJohn KavanaghJohn Philpot Curran MonumentKeogh MonumentKillaan ManorLawler MonumentLindsay Road National SchoolMcCabe MonumentMeade MonumentMonahan MausoleumMonsignor William Yore MonumentMortuary ChapelNCBINational Botanic Gardens (Cactus, Aquatic and FernNational Botanic Gardens (Director's Residence)National Botanic Gardens (Teagasc College)National Botanic Gardens (Teak House)National Botanic Gardens (gate lodge)National Botanic Gardens (sundial)O'Brien MonumentPatrick McGrathProspectQuinn'sSS Maximus and Domadios Coptic Orthodox ChurchSouthwell-Ruthven MonumentSpratt MonumentSt Mobhi's ChurchSt. Columba's ChurchSt. Columba's National SchoolSt. George's Burial GroundStatue of Our LadyThe PorterhouseThomas Addis Emmet MonumentThree Sisters CraftVerbena HouseWilliam Dargan MonumentWoodlawn HouseYoung Irelanders Monument
55 recorded by their type and address
55 are recorded only by their type and address: 41 homes, 5 street furniture and 3 inns, shops and warehouses; most date from the 19th century.
18th century10
19th century29
20th century16
Historic streets
Botanic Road has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Botanic Road29 on the record · 2 of national importance
Drumcondra Road22 on the record
Botanic Avenue12 on the record
St. Alphonsus Road7 on the record
Old Finglas Road4 on the record
Glasnevin Hill3 on the record
Of the 135 records, 98 give a street address.
What’s recorded
Glasnevin’s largest group: homes, 45% of the record
Two of the highest-rated records are National Botanic Gardens (Curvilinear Range) and Glasnevin Cemetery. Across Ireland walls, gates and bridges make up 8% of the record, so Glasnevin’s 4% is low. The next biggest group is memorials and tombs, 24 in all.
Homes61
Memorials and tombs24
Churches and chapels14
Public buildings9
Inns, shops and warehouses6
Walls, gates and bridges6
Street furniture5
Mills, stations and works3
Other buildings7
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Glasnevin’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries11
19th century 1800–189985
1900 and later to today39
11 of the 135 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is St Mobhi's Church, from 1640.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Glasnevin
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
16 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.
| Burial ground4 records |
| Enclosure1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
| Earthwork1 record |
| Ecclesiastical site1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| House - 18th/19th century1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Castle - motte1 record |
| Burial1 record |
| Settlement cluster1 record |
| House - 17th century1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
Homes by age
Since 2011, building in Glasnevin has been slow: 2.1% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
More of Glasnevin’s homes than usual date between the wars: 18%, against 3.9%. Homes built in the 2000s make up just 9.5% of Glasnevin’s, against 25% in the typical town. Building from 1981 to 2000 left Glasnevin with 9.4% of its homes, below the usual 24%.
44%
Before 1919
18%
1919–45
17%
1946–80
9.4%
1981–2000
9.5%
2001–10
2.1%
Since 2011
GlasnevinTypical town
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.
Born here
4 notable people born in Glasnevin before 1900
From Thomas Ashe (1770) to Sir Norbert Michael Keenan (1864): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Thomas Ashe
Trevor Ashe
Frederick Moore
Sir Norbert Michael Keenan
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FM
Frederick Moore1857–1949 · Irish horticulturist
TA
Thomas Ashe1770–1835 · Irish writer 1770-1835
Sir Norbert Michael Keenan1864–1954 · (1864-1954) lawyer and politician of Perth, Western Australia
TA
Trevor Ashe1770–1836 · Irish writer, newspaper editor & publisher
Everyone born in Glasnevin → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Glasnevin has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,800 to 9,900 residents, by buildings on the record.
Glasnevin135
#2 of 16for buildings on the record per resident (145 per 10,000). Waterford City Centre, Glasnevin and Portarlington lead.
Only Waterford City Centre has more. The typical town its size has 18.
Neighbours
Glasnevin and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasnevin | 9,299 | 135 | 8 | 16 |
| Drumcondra | 11,149 | 89 | 2 | 11 |
| Cabra East | 13,895 | 156 | 0 | 1 |
| Phibsborough | 11,657 | 233 | 8 | 25 |
| Ballybough | 8,188 | 134 | 0 | 0 |
| Parnell Square | 10,117 | 330 | 21 | 7 |
| Ballygall | 11,704 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
In brief
Glasnevin in brief
More of Glasnevin’s homes are old than in most places: 44% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 135 places on the record, 8 of them in the top tier, including National Botanic Gardens (Curvilinear Range). For its size, it has more recorded buildings than 80% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Its places of national importance cluster together: 6 of them stand within 400 m of O'Connell Circle.
Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more recorded buildings. On Botanic Road alone there are 29 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 85 of 135.
How to read these numbers
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 Glasnevin’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Glasnevin?
135 buildings on the National Inventory, 8 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Glasnevin are of national importance?
National Botanic Gardens (Curvilinear Range), Glasnevin Cemetery, O'Connell Circle, O'Connell Monument, National Botanic Gardens (Great Palm House) and Archbishop Edward McCabe Mausoleum, and 2 more.
What is the oldest building in Glasnevin?
St Mobhi's Church: the first date on its record is 1640.
Are there archaeological sites in Glasnevin?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 16 archaeological sites inside Glasnevin.
How old are the homes in Glasnevin?
44% 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).