St Assam's Church · Photo: SeoR · CC BY-SA 4.0Raheny: 19 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Raheny goes back at least to 1710, the date of its oldest recorded building. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 6 archaeological sites. Raheny has 22 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town. Of its homes, 1.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Raheny’s buildings in 2 pictures
The oldest building in Raheny’s set dates from 1710: St Assam's Church. 2 of the places on Raheny’s record are pictured here; the others show their record card. St Assam's Church and Manor House School lead the set.
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 Raheny’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).
19 historic places in Raheny
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 9, A to Z
10 recorded by their type and address
10 are recorded only by their type and address: 6 street furniture and 4 homes; most date from the 20th century.
Raheny records more street furniture than most of Ireland: 32%, against 3%
Across its record, Raheny takes in 5 kinds of building. The record holds 8 homes, 42% of the whole. Leading the record by rating: St Assam's Church and Manor House School.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Raheny’s dated buildings come from the 20th century or later
Each building by the first date on its record.
6 of the 19 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is St Assam's Church, from 1710.
Archaeology in Raheny
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
6 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 |
| Enclosure1 record |
| House - 16th/17th century1 record |
| Armorial plaque1 record |
| Water mill - unclassified1 record |
Most of Raheny’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980: 70%
Only 9.1% of Raheny’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 24%. Raheny added comparatively little in the 2000s: 8.6% of its homes, the typical town 25%. Since 2011 Raheny has added 6.9% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 5.8%.
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.
Raheny and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raheny | 8,734 | 19 | 0 | 6 |
| Donaghmede | 9,616 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Edenmore | 2,831 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sutton | 5,789 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Ayrfield | 5,863 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Clongriffin | 7,438 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Baldoyle | 7,864 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
Raheny in brief
Raheny has 19 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 20th century or later: 10 of 19. The oldest, St Assam's Church, dates from 1710.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 6 sites. Beyond that, it has 19 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 44); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Richard Maunsell (1868) and Richard Fox (1816) were 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 Raheny’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Raheny?
19 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Raheny?
St Assam's Church: the first date on its record is 1710.
Are there archaeological sites in Raheny?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 6 archaeological sites inside Raheny.
How old are the homes in Raheny?
1.6% 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).