Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Whitehall: 32 buildings on the National Inventory
Whitehall’s oldest recorded building dates from 1705. Of its homes, 1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Whitehall has 23 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Where Whitehall’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).
32 historic places in Whitehall
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 20, A to Z
12 recorded by their type and address
12 are recorded only by their type and address: 6 street furniture, 3 homes and 2 churches and chapels; most date from the 19th century.
Hampstead Avenue has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 32 records, 26 give a street address.
Whitehall records more street furniture than most of Ireland: 19%, against 3%
Across its record, Whitehall takes in 6 kinds of building. 14 records, 44%, are homes. At the top of the record: St. Pappan's Church and High Park.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Whitehall’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 32 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is St. Pappan's Church, from 1705.
Archaeology in Whitehall
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
8 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 |
| Ecclesiastical residence1 record |
| Font1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Ring-ditch1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
The biggest share of Whitehall’s homes dates from 1946 to 1980: 51%
Whitehall’s newest homes, from 2011 or later, are 8%, above the usual 5.8%. Homes dated between the wars are commoner in Whitehall than in most towns: 21%, against 3.9%. Building from 1981 to 2000 fell short in Whitehall: 9.2%, against 24% in most towns.
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.
Whitehall and its neighbours
Whitehall in brief
Whitehall has 32 places on the record. Hampstead Avenue alone has 8 places on the record. Of the 32 with a date, 17 come from the 19th century. The oldest is St. Pappan's Church, from 1705.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 8 sites. Beyond that, it has 32 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 72); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Whitehall’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Whitehall?
32 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Whitehall?
St. Pappan's Church: the first date on its record is 1705.
Are there archaeological sites in Whitehall?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Whitehall.
How old are the homes in Whitehall?
1% 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) · 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).