- Address
- 1-2 Prospect Square, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50130105
John Kavanagh
1-2 Prospect Square, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About John Kavanagh
The National Inventory rates John Kavanagh Regional, one of 127 in Glasnevin. John Kavanagh dates from 1820–1840. 57 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
John Kavanagh's public house is a relatively modest early nineteenth-century building, located at the east perimeter of Glasnevin Cemetery. In its current form it is shown on the first edition OS map of 1843.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50130105 · 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 · 50130105↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Glasnevin · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies















- 1John KavanaghStart here
- 2O'Brien MonumentRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Cassidy MonumentRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Lawler MonumentRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Mortuary ChapelRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Barton MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)300 mFleming MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)300 m8 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
More houses on the record near Glasnevin
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Just 1.7 km away stands “House, Belvedere College”, in Parnell Square.








Questions about John Kavanagh
Is John Kavanagh on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50130105).
Can you visit John Kavanagh?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was John Kavanagh built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1820–1840.
Is John Kavanagh 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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