Saint Andrew's Church (Malahide) · Photo: Dvcireland · CC BY-SA 4.0

46buildings on the National Inventory

History of Malahide · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Malahide: 46 buildings on the National Inventory, the oldest from 1400

On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Malahide counts 46 buildings, 4 of them of national importance. That is 25 for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 21 archaeological sites.

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On the National Inventory

25 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48

Of national importance

NIAH National or International, and national monuments

Archaeological sites

Sites and Monuments Record

Oldest building

1400

the first date on its record

Homes built before 1919

2.3%

typical town: 3.4%

In pictures

Malahide in 4 photos

Saint Andrew's Church (Malahide), dated 1820, is the oldest pictured in Malahide. There are photos of 4 of Malahide’s recorded places so far. The set includes 1 of Malahide’s nationally rated places.

Malahide Carnegie Free LibraryRegional rating (NIAH)

Malahide Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)

Saint Sylvester's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)+1See all photos

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.

How old

Most of Malahide’s dated buildings come from the 19th century

Each building by the first date on its record.

Middle Ages 500–14992

1500–1799 three centuries3

19th century 1800–189937

1900 and later to today4

5 of the 46 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Malahide Castle, from 1400.

National and International

4 places of national importance in Malahide

Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.

Church / chapel · 1820–1825Saint Andrew's Church (Malahide)Church Road, MalahidePhoto: Dvcireland · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Country house · 1400–1500Malahide Castle (country house)Dublin Road, Malahide

Graveyard / cemetery · 1450–1500Malahide Castle (graveyard / cemetery)Dublin Road, Malahide

Martello tower · 1800–1810Hicks TowerCoast Road, Malahide

Regional and other sites

42 more historic places in Malahide

Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.

All 24, A to Z

18 recorded by their type and address

18 are recorded only by their type and address: 9 street furniture, 8 homes and 1 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.

18th century2

19th century15

20th century1

See all 18 on the map

Historic streets

Dublin Road has the most

Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.

Dublin Road12 on the record · 2 of national importance

Main Street9 on the record

Old Street4 on the record

Church Road4 on the record · 1 of national importance

Coast Road3 on the record · 1 of national importance

Of the 46 records, 42 give a street address.

What’s recorded

More street furniture than the national record: 20% in Malahide, 3% across Ireland

Counted by type, homes come first, 23 of them (50%). Leading the record by rating: Malahide Castle and Hicks Tower. From one type to the next, Malahide’s record lists 8 kinds of building.

Homes23

Street furniture9

Walls, gates and bridges3

Public buildings3

Churches and chapels3

Mills, stations and works2

Farm and estate buildings1

Other buildings2

Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.

Archaeology and around

Archaeology in Malahide

The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:

21 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.

Earthwork3 records

Midden2 records

Ritual site - holy well2 records

Church2 records

Castle - tower house2 records

Sheela-na-gig2 records

Prehistoric site - lithic scatter2 records

Architectural fragment1 record

Tomb - effigial1 record

Graveyard1 record

Castle - motte and bailey1 record

Martello tower1 record

Burnt mound1 record

Just outside Malahide: 5

Seafield House (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town

Seafield House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town

Prospect HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town

Seafield House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town

Bridge, Ballymadrough, SeapointRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town

Homes by age

Malahide is still building: 12% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%

Look at when Malahide’s homes went up and one period leads: from 1981 to 2000, with 35%. Homes from before 1919 are 2.3% of Malahide’s housing, below the typical town’s 3.4%. Just 2% of the homes in Malahide went up between the wars, short of the typical 3.9%.

2.3%

Before 1919

1919–45

30%

1946–80

35%

1981–2000

19%

2001–10

12%

Since 2011

MalahideTypical 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.

Born here

3 notable people born in Malahide before 1900

From Thomas Talbot (1771) to Ruth Durlacher (1876): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

Thomas Talbot

Milo Talbot

Ruth Durlacher

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Thomas Talbot1771–1853 · Canadian politician

Milo Talbot1854–1931 · British army officer, surveyor and collector, 1854-1931

Ruth Durlacher1876–1946 · British tennis player

Everyone born in Malahide → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Malahide and its neighbours

Town	People	National Inventory	National	Archaeological sites
Malahide	18,608	46	4	21
Kinsealy-Drinan	7,526	0	0	5
Portmarnock	10,750	8	1	38
Swords	40,776	36	1	43
Belmayne	15,047	6	1	6
Clongriffin	7,438	1	0	6
Donabate	9,669	18	0	11

In brief

Malahide in brief

Malahide has 46 places on the record, 4 of them in the top tier. Dublin Road alone has 12 places on the record. Of the whole list, 50% are homes. Of the 46 with a date, 37 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Malahide Castle, from 1400.

Thomas Talbot (1771), Milo Talbot (1854) and Ruth Durlacher (1876) were all born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 46 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 13); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.

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 Malahide’s history

How many historic buildings are recorded in Malahide?

46 buildings on the National Inventory, 4 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Which places in Malahide are of national importance?

Malahide Castle (country house), Malahide Castle (graveyard / cemetery), Hicks Tower and Saint Andrew's Church (Malahide).

What is the oldest building in Malahide?

Malahide Castle: the first date on its record is 1400.

Are there archaeological sites in Malahide?

Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 21 archaeological sites inside Malahide.

How old are the homes in Malahide?

2.3% 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).