House - 18th / 19th centurySantry CourtSantry Demesne
Photo: Finnfrog99 · CC BY-SA 4.01building on the National Inventory
History of Santry · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Santry: 1 building on the National Inventory
Santry’s record is short for its size: 1.5 buildings per 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town. 0.3% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1750. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
On the National Inventory
1
1.5 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
1
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1750
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.3%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Santry, pictured
Only Dublin Airport (church / chapel) has a photo so far; more of Santry awaits one.
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.
The map
Where Santry’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 2, by rating
2 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).
Regional and other sites
2 historic places in Santry
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1750–1850House, Collinstown (Co. By.)Collinstown (Co. By.)
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in and around Santry: 60%
Leading the record by rating: Dublin Airport and Dardistown House. National importance: 1 on Santry’s record. Santry’s most recent recorded building is from 1960.
Homes3
Churches and chapels1
Other buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Santry
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| House - 18th/19th century1 record |
Just outside Santry: 4
| Dublin AirportNational rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Dardistown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Dublin Airport (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Dublin Airport (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Santry is still building: 9.4% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%
Few of Santry’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 18%, the norm 24%. Building from 1946 to 1980 left Santry with 8.4% of its homes, below the usual 24%. Santry built little between the wars: 1.4% of its homes, where most towns have 3.9%.
0.3%
Before 1919
1.4%
1919–45
8.4%
1946–80
18%
1981–2000
62%
2001–10
9.4%
Since 2011
SantryTypical 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
How Santry compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,300 to 7,200 residents, by buildings on the record.
Santry1
#16 of 16for buildings on the record per resident (1.5 per 10,000). O'Connell Street, Westport and Fermoy lead.
15 have more. The typical town its size has 79.
Neighbours
Santry and its neighbours
In brief
Santry in brief
Santry has 2 places on the record. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more recorded buildings: the typical one has 79. The rest is about typical: it also has an archaeological site.
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 Santry’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Santry?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Santry?
House, Collinstown (Co. By.): the first date on its record is 1750.
Are there archaeological sites in Santry?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Santry.
How old are the homes in Santry?
0.3% 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 (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).