House · 1770–1890Holy Rosary ConventWestpark, Harmonstown, Dublin 5
Photo: Rwxrwxrwx · CC BY-SA 3.05buildings on the National Inventory
History of Harmonstown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Harmonstown has 5 buildings on the National Inventory
0.2% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1770. Harmonstown has 8.7 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
5
8.7 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1770
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.2%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Harmonstown’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 5, by rating
5 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).
Regional and other sites
5 historic places in Harmonstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Church / chapel · 1965–1970Church of Our Lady of MercyGracefield Road, Dublin 5
Post box · 1900–1915Post box, Gracefield Road, Dublin 5
Post box · 1940–1965Post box, Brookwood Avenue, Artane, Dublin 5
Post box · 1950–1970Post box, Harmonstown Road, Artane, Dublin 5
What’s recorded
More street furniture than anything else in and around Harmonstown: 60%
No record in Harmonstown reaches national importance; they are rated regional. Leading the record by rating: Holy Rosary Convent and Church of Our Lady of Mercy. The newest record in Harmonstown dates from 1965.
Street furniture3
Churches and chapels1
Homes1
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.
How old
Most of Harmonstown’s dated buildings come from the 20th century or later
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries1
19th century 1800–18990
1900 and later to today4
1 of the 5 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Holy Rosary Convent, from 1770.
Homes by age
Since 2011, building in Harmonstown has been slow: 1.1% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
In Harmonstown, homes from before 1981 outnumber all those built since. Fewer of Harmonstown’s homes than usual date from 1981 to 2000: 4.3%, against 24%. Building in the 2000s left Harmonstown with 4.3% of its homes, below the usual 25%.
0.2%
Before 1919
1.7%
1919–45
88%
1946–80
4.3%
1981–2000
4.3%
2001–10
1.1%
Since 2011
HarmonstownTypical 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.
Neighbours
Harmonstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonstown | 5,769 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Edenmore | 2,831 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayrfield | 5,863 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Clontarf East | 18,626 | 132 | 2 | 15 |
| Beaumont | 19,072 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Darndale | 14,675 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Donaghmede | 9,616 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
In brief
Harmonstown in brief
Harmonstown has 5 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 20th century or later: 4 of 5. The oldest, Holy Rosary Convent, dates from 1770.
Its homes are mostly newer: 0.2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more recorded buildings than only 24% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Beyond that, it has 5 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 18).
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 Harmonstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Harmonstown?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Harmonstown?
Holy Rosary Convent: the first date on its record is 1770.
How old are the homes in Harmonstown?
0.2% 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) · 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).