Kill of the Grange · Photo: Ianfhunter · CC BY-SA 4.0Monkstown has 20 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Monkstown: 14% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1700. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 15 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Monkstown has 20 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Where Monkstown’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).
21 historic places in Monkstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 20, A to Z
1 recorded by their type and address
1 are recorded only by their type and address: 1 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
More homes than anything else in Monkstown: 80%
Regional importance is the highest rating any of Monkstown’s buildings holds. In second place come walls, gates and bridges, with 3. Leading the record by rating: Kill Abbey and Mel Field sometimes Melfield.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Monkstown’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
6 of the 20 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Kill Abbey, from 1700.
Archaeology in Monkstown
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
15 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.
| Cross2 records |
| Graveslab2 records |
| Martello tower1 record |
| Ecclesiastical site1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Bullaun stone1 record |
| Cross (present location)1 record |
| Font1 record |
| House - 16th century1 record |
| Inscribed stone1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
Only 3.3% of Monkstown’s homes were built since 2011 (5.8% is typical)
In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1946 to 1980; in Monkstown, 47%. Few of Monkstown’s homes date in the 2000s: 4.2%, the norm 25%. 9.1% of Monkstown’s homes were built between the wars, more than the typical town’s 3.9%.
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.
Monkstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monkstown | 9,831 | 20 | 0 | 15 |
| Blackrock | 12,816 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| Sallynoggin | 13,245 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dún Laoghaire | 17,994 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 94 | 4 | 5 |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Booterstown | 8,505 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Monkstown in brief
Old houses are part of Monkstown’s character: 14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 21 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 80%, are homes. Of the 20 with a date, 14 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Kill Abbey, from 1700.
It also has 15 archaeological sites on the record. The rest is about typical: it has 20 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 18); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Edmund Saulez (1867) 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 Monkstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Monkstown?
20 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Monkstown?
Kill Abbey: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Monkstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 15 archaeological sites inside Monkstown.
How old are the homes in Monkstown?
14% 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).