All Saints Church of Ireland Church · Photo: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0

326buildings on the National Inventory

History of Stoneybatter · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Stoneybatter: 34% of homes built before 1919

Against 3.4% in the typical town, Stoneybatter has 10 times the share. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 326 buildings in Stoneybatter, 3 of them of national importance. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1680. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 48 archaeological sites inside the town.

3of national importance 1680oldest record 48archaeological sites

On the National Inventory

326

175 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

1680

the first date on its record

Homes built before 1919

34%

typical town: 3.4%

In pictures

2 old views and 11 photos of Stoneybatter

First come All Saints Church of Ireland Church and “Kiln, Bow Street, Dublin 7”. 11 of Stoneybatter’s recorded places are photographed. The old views of Stoneybatter run from 1891 to 1900.

Kiln, Bow Street, Dublin 7Regional rating (NIAH)

Dublin District CourtRegional rating (NIAH)

Church of the Holy FamilyRegional rating (NIAH)

Croppies' Acre Memorial GardenRegional rating (NIAH)

Bus Eireann BroadstoneRegional rating (NIAH)+6See 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.

Through time

Stoneybatter from 1891 to 1900

2 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.

VictorianBlue Coat School Dublin -The Cupola AffairPhoto: Robert French · Public domain

VictorianChanged, changed utterly!Photo: Robert French / National Library of Ireland · No known copyright restrictions; photographer died 1917

From 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.

National and International

3 places of national importance in Stoneybatter

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

Barracks · 1760–1780National Museum of Ireland Collins BarracksBenburb Street, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7

School · 1770–1780Law Society of Ireland (school)Blackhall Place, Dublin 7

Church / chapel · 1770–1780President's Hall, Law Society of IrelandBlackhall Place, Dublin 7

Regional and other sites

323 more historic places in Stoneybatter

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

All 176, A to Z

147 recorded by their type and address

147 are recorded only by their type and address: 123 homes, 7 walls, gates and bridges and 6 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.

17th century3

18th century55

19th century83

20th century6

See all 147 on the map

Historic streets

North Circular Road has the most

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

North Circular Road40 on the record

Benburb Street30 on the record · 1 of national importance

Manor Street20 on the record

Arran Quay18 on the record

Aughrim Street16 on the record

Queen Street14 on the record

Montpelier Hill14 on the record

Arbour Hill13 on the record

Phibsborough Road13 on the record

Prussia Street12 on the record

King Street11 on the record

Church Street10 on the record

Of the 326 records, 284 give a street address.

What’s recorded

Stoneybatter’s largest group: homes, 66% of the record

Compared with the National Inventory (6%), Stoneybatter has a high share of public buildings: 11%. Among the highest-rated: National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks and Law Society of Ireland. From one type to the next, Stoneybatter’s record lists 10 kinds of building.

Homes214

Public buildings35

Churches and chapels17

Walls, gates and bridges15

Street furniture6

Farm and estate buildings5

Inns, shops and warehouses5

Mills, stations and works5

Memorials and tombs2

Other buildings22

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

How old

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

Each building by the first date on its record.

1500–1799 three centuries81

19th century 1800–1899215

1900 and later to today30

81 of the 326 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is A. Muldoon, from 1680.

Archaeology and around

Archaeology in Stoneybatter

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

48 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.

Graveslab6 records

Building3 records

Barracks3 records

House - indeterminate date3 records

House - 18th century3 records

Church2 records

Mill - unclassified2 records

House - 18th/19th century2 records

Habitation site2 records

Riverine revetment2 records

Wall monument2 records

House - 17th/18th century2 records

School1 record

Gateway1 record

Park1 record

13 more kinds13 records

Homes by age

Little new building in Stoneybatter: 3.7% of homes date from 2011 on, against 5.8%

The midpoint of Stoneybatter’s housing falls before 1981: half the homes are older. Only 11% of Stoneybatter’s homes were built from 1946 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 24%. Against a typical 3.9%, 7.5% of Stoneybatter’s homes went up between the wars.

34%

Before 1919

7.5%

1919–45

11%

1946–80

31%

1981–2000

13%

2001–10

3.7%

Since 2011

StoneybatterTypical 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

Stoneybatter has the most of 16 towns its size

Towns of 18,100 to 19,300 residents, by buildings on the record.

Stoneybatter326

Clonmel239

Crumlin17

Esker13

#1 of 16for buildings on the record per resident (175 per 10,000). Stoneybatter, Clonmel and The Liberties lead.

The typical town its size has 16.

Neighbours

Stoneybatter and its neighbours

Town	People	National Inventory	National	Archaeological sites
Stoneybatter	18,644	326	3	48
Phibsborough	11,657	233	8	25
Cabra East	13,895	156	0	1
O'Connell Street	6,749	465	16	31
Parnell Square	10,117	330	21	7
Temple Bar	7,276	607	26	187
The Liberties	18,460	191	8	222

In brief

Stoneybatter in brief

More of Stoneybatter’s homes are old than in most places: 34% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 326 places on the record, 3 of them in the top tier, including National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks. No town its size has more recorded buildings: it leads the 16 nearest in population. Per resident, it has more recorded buildings than 84% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.

Its places of national importance cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of Law Society of Ireland. North Circular Road alone has 40 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 66%, are homes. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Jane Dowdall (1899) 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 Stoneybatter’s history

How many historic buildings are recorded in Stoneybatter?

326 buildings on the National Inventory, 3 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Which places in Stoneybatter are of national importance?

National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks, Law Society of Ireland (school) and President's Hall, Law Society of Ireland.

What is the oldest building in Stoneybatter?

A. Muldoon: the first date on its record is 1680.

Are there archaeological sites in Stoneybatter?

Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 48 archaeological sites inside Stoneybatter.

How old are the homes in Stoneybatter?

34% 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).