Church of Mary Immaculate · Photo: Tdr112 · CC BY-SA 4.0Old homes in Inchicore: 18% built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Inchicore has 5 times the share. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1200. Inchicore has 35 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 3 archaeological sites inside the town.
typical town: 48
3 photos of Inchicore’s landmarks
Look out for Church of Mary Immaculate and Our Lady of the Wayside. Of the places on Inchicore’s record, 3 have a photo here. Pictured and oldest in Inchicore: Grand Canal, 1770.
Photos 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.
Where Inchicore’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
35 historic places in Inchicore
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 33, A to Z
2 recorded by their type and address
2 are recorded only by their type and address: 2 street furniture; most date from the 18th century.
Inchicore records more public buildings than most of Ireland: 20%, against 6%
Inchicore has no nationally rated building; its record is regional. The largest group is inns, shops and warehouses: 8, or 23%. Among the highest-rated: Bluebell Cemetery and Grand Canal.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Inchicore’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
6 of the 35 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Bluebell Cemetery, from 1200.
Archaeology in Inchicore
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
3 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.
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
Few of Inchicore’s homes are newer than 2011: 3.7%, against 5.8%
Building in the 2000s fell short in Inchicore: 7.9%, against 25% in most towns. In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Inchicore, 22%. Few of Inchicore’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 9.8%, the norm 24%.
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.
Inchicore and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inchicore | 5,285 | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| Decies | 2,713 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilmainham | 10,240 | 52 | 7 | 8 |
| Walkinstown | 7,442 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 17 | 0 | 10 |
| Kylemore | 2,557 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chapelizod | 4,862 | 131 | 5 | 50 |
Inchicore in brief
Inchicore’s oldest monument, Bluebell Cemetery, dates from 1200. All told, the list holds 35 places on the record. Its housing is old: 18% of homes date from before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 19 of 35. The rest is about typical: it has 35 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 45); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and John Bridge Aspinall (1877) was born here before 1900.
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 Inchicore’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Inchicore?
35 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Inchicore?
Bluebell Cemetery: the first date on its record is 1200.
Are there archaeological sites in Inchicore?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites inside Inchicore.
How old are the homes in Inchicore?
18% 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).