Parnell Bridge · Photo: CraftyCaedus · CC BY-SA 4.0Kimmage has 18 buildings on the National Inventory
Kimmage’s oldest recorded building dates from 1760. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 14 archaeological sites inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Kimmage has 12 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Where Kimmage’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).
18 historic places in Kimmage
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 7, A to Z
11 recorded by their type and address
11 are recorded only by their type and address: 11 homes; most date from the 18th century.
Kimmage’s record leans to homes: 67%
Kimmage shows 6 kinds of building on its record. In second place come churches and chapels, with 2. Two of the highest-rated records are Our Lady's Hospice and Parnell Bridge.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Kimmage’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
5 of the 18 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Our Lady's Hospice, from 1760.
Archaeology in Kimmage
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
14 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.
| Mill - unclassified3 records |
| Watercourse2 records |
| Water mill - unclassified2 records |
| Windmill2 records |
| Weir - regulating1 record |
| House - 18th/19th century1 record |
| Maypole1 record |
| Gallows1 record |
| House - 17th/18th century1 record |
More of Kimmage’s homes date from 1946 to 1980 than from any other period: 41%
Older than 1981: more than half of the homes in Kimmage. Homes built between the wars make up 32% of Kimmage’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. Only 2.6% of Kimmage’s homes were built in the 2000s, less than the typical town’s 25%.
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.
Kimmage and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimmage | 15,207 | 18 | 0 | 14 |
| Terenure | 10,391 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 17 | 0 | 10 |
| Perrystown | 7,581 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walkinstown | 7,442 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| Rathmines West | 22,667 | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| Templeogue | 18,076 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
Kimmage in brief
More of Kimmage’s homes are old than in most places: 3.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 18 places on the record. Of the whole list, 67% are homes. Of the 18 with a date, 12 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Our Lady's Hospice, from 1760.
The archaeological record adds 14 sites. The rest is about typical: it has 18 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 18); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Kimmage’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Kimmage?
18 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Kimmage?
Our Lady's Hospice: the first date on its record is 1760.
Are there archaeological sites in Kimmage?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 14 archaeological sites inside Kimmage.
How old are the homes in Kimmage?
3.5% 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) · 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).