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Lucan Methodist Church · Photo: Knocko · CC BY-SA 4.0169buildings on the National Inventory
History of Lucan · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Lucan: 169 buildings on the National Inventory, 2 of them of national importance
Lucan is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, which lists 26 archaeological sites inside it. Its oldest building dates from 1690. 1.2% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. Lucan has 73 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
169
73 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
2
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
26
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1690
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
1.2%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Then and today: Lucan in 11 photos and 1 old views
The old views of Lucan date from 1880. So far the camera has reached 9 of Lucan’s recorded places. Among them: Lucan Methodist Church and Lucan Bridge.
Lucan BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Esker Burial GroundRegional rating (NIAH)
King John's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Bridge, Main Street, LucanRegional rating (NIAH)
Anna Liffey WeirRegional rating (NIAH)+6See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Lucan in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
1880sFrom Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Lucan’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 169, by rating
2 National and International167 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).
National and International
2 places of national importance in Lucan
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Hotel · 1890–1895Spa HotelCooldrinagh
Regional and other sites
167 more historic places in Lucan
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 66, A to Z
A N BlindsAirlie HouseAnna Liffey WeirAnnadaleAnnadale CottageArd GaronArdfield HouseBowman and Co. SolicitorsCanonbrook HouseCanonbrook LodgeColdblow BridgeCormack'sEBS Building SocietyEsker Burial GroundEsker HouseFinnstown House (country house)Finnstown House (farmyard complex)Finnstown House (gate lodge)GardenvilleGriffeen HouseGriffeen LodgeGriffin's PharmacyHermitage Golf ClubI.F.S. HouseJames MacCarten MemorialKieran BradyKing John's BridgeLiffey DescentLucan BridgeLucan Family CentreLucan Garda Síochána StationLucan House (bridge)Lucan House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Lucan House (gate lodge)Lucan House (gate lodge)Lucan House (graveyard / cemetery)Lucan House (monument)Lucan House (stables)Lucan House (worker's house)Lucan House (worker's house)Lucan Methodist ChurchLucan Physiotherapy ClinicLucan Presbyterian ChurchLucan StudiosManse, Lucan Methodist ChurchMilestonePrimrose Hill HouseQuillyRose Cottage (house)Rose Cottage (house)Round HouseSaint Andrew's Church (Lucan)Saint Helen'sSaint Joseph's ConventSaint Mary's Catholic ChurchSomerton HouseSt Andrew's Lodge and HallSt Edmondsbury Gate LodgeSt Edmondsbury HospitalSt Mary's Church GraveyardStanford CottageStewart's CraftsThe ForgeThe Robin's NestVesey ArmsWest Winds
101 recorded by their type and address
101 are recorded only by their type and address: 74 homes, 7 walls, gates and bridges and 5 farm and estate buildings; most date from the 19th century.
18th century29
19th century63
20th century9
Historic streets
Main Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Main Street20 on the record
Lucan Road12 on the record
Sarsfield Terrace11 on the record
The Mall8 on the record
The Crescent8 on the record
The Old Hill6 on the record
Leixlip Road6 on the record
Primrose Lane6 on the record
Adamstown Road5 on the record
Off Lucan Road4 on the record
Upper Main Street4 on the record
Hanbury Lane4 on the record
Of the 169 records, 109 give a street address.
What’s recorded
69% of Lucan’s recorded buildings are homes
Lucan’s record covers 10 kinds of building in all. Across Ireland churches and chapels make up 7% of the record, so Lucan’s 5% is low. In second place come walls, gates and bridges, with 12.
Homes117
Walls, gates and bridges12
Churches and chapels8
Farm and estate buildings7
Inns, shops and warehouses6
Public buildings4
Street furniture4
Mills, stations and works3
Memorials and tombs2
Other buildings6
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Lucan’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries36
19th century 1800–1899121
1900 and later to today12
36 of the 169 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Hermitage Golf Club, from 1690.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Lucan
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
26 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.
| Castle - unclassified4 records |
| Kiln - lime4 records |
| Weir - fish2 records |
| Bridge2 records |
| Water mill - unclassified2 records |
| Historic town1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Cross1 record |
| House - 16th/17th century1 record |
| Ringfort - unclassified1 record |
| Souterrain1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Fulacht fia1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
| 2 more kinds2 records |
Just outside Lucan: 17
| Luttrellstown Castle (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Shackleton MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Gollierstown BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Lucan House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Lucan House (bathhouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| GlenwoodRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Aghderrig Farm (farm house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Aghderrig Farm (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Miller's house, Shackleton MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Anna Liffey MillsRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Luttrellstown Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Collins' BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Mount PleasantRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Lucan House (foot bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Weir, LucanRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Water pump, Cooldrinagh LaneRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Bridge, R120Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
28% of Lucan’s homes are newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)
The period that gave Lucan the most homes is from 1946 to 1980: 33%. Building between the wars left Lucan with 0.9% of its homes, below the usual 3.9%. Homes dated from 1981 to 2000 are scarcer in Lucan than in most towns: 17%, against 24%.
1.2%
Before 1919
0.9%
1919–45
33%
1946–80
17%
1981–2000
20%
2001–10
28%
Since 2011
LucanTypical 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.
Towns its size
Lucan has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 21,900 to 24,300 residents, by buildings on the record.
Lucan169
#4 of 16for buildings on the record per resident (73 per 10,000). Mullingar, Athlone and Portlaoise lead.
Only Mullingar, Portlaoise and Athlone have more. The typical town its size has 51. One of the 16 has none.
Neighbours
Lucan and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucan | 23,033 | 169 | 2 | 26 |
| Esker | 19,110 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| Ballyowen | 14,739 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Deansrath | 13,743 | 25 | 0 | 13 |
| Leixlip | 16,733 | 45 | 1 | 21 |
| Ronanstown | 11,130 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| Palmerston | 11,012 | 53 | 0 | 6 |
In brief
Lucan in brief
Lucan has 169 places on the record, 2 of them in the top tier. Only 3 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more recorded buildings. On Main Street alone there are 20 places on the record. Of the whole list, 69% are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 121 of 169. The oldest, Hermitage Golf Club, dates from 1690. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and John Francis Norton (1891) was born here before 1900.
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 Lucan’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Lucan?
169 buildings on the National Inventory, 2 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Lucan are of national importance?
Lucan House (country house) and Spa Hotel.
What is the oldest building in Lucan?
Hermitage Golf Club: the first date on its record is 1690.
Are there archaeological sites in Lucan?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 26 archaeological sites inside Lucan.
How old are the homes in Lucan?
1.2% 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) · 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).