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Howth Public Library
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Howth Public Library

In Irish: Leabharlann Bhinn Éadair

Main Street, Howth

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 79 rated Regional in Howth
LLibrary / archiveBBuilt 1920–1940
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
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About Howth Public Library

Howth Public Library is one of 79 buildings in Howth the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Howth Public Library to 1920–1940. 22 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 11359020↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes

Howth · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Howth Public LibraryStart here
  2. 2Howth Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Saint Mary's AbbeyNational rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Howth Martello TowerNational rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  5. 5Howth Garda Síochána StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
Farther afield
Kilrock House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mKilrock HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mHowth National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH)400 mHowth CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH)500 mSaint Lawrence HotelRegional rating (NIAH)600 mHarbour HouseRegional rating (NIAH)600 m
Around it

9 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegRoyal Hotel29 mRegHouse, 4 Main Street, Howth48 mRegSaint Columbanus Hall56 mRegHouse, 14 Main Street, Howth63 mRegHouse, 15 Main Street, Tuckett's Lane, Howth69 mRegCatholic Church of the Assumption82 mRegHowth Catholic Church125 mRegHouse, 19-20 Abbey Street, Howth139 mRegBell tower, Howth Catholic Church147 m
More like it

More public buildings on the record near Howth

Closest of all: Malahide Carnegie Free Library, Malahide, 9.3 km away. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Farthest out is Dental Hospital, St Stephen's Green, 13 km away.

Malahide Carnegie Free LibraryMalahide · 9.3 km away
St Anthony's HallClontarf West · 10 km away
Hall, 13 Annesley Bridge Road, Dublin 3Clontarf West · 12 km away
Post office, 42 Fairview Strand, Dublin 3Clontarf West · 12 km away
Charleville Mall LibraryBallybough · 12 km away
Swords Carnegie Free LibrarySwords · 13 km away
Liberty HallO'Connell Street · 13 km away
Dental HospitalSt Stephen's Green · 13 km away

Questions about Howth Public Library

Is Howth Public Library on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 11359020).

Can you visit Howth Public Library?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Howth Public Library built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1920–1940.

Is Howth Public Library 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) · 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).