SMRCastle - tower houseKilleen Castle, CastlegarKilleen (Ballintemple Ed)Photo: Irimurz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Killeen Castle, Castlegar · Photo: Irimurz · CC BY-SA 4.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballybane · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballybane has 3 buildings on the National Inventory
0.4% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1840. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 30 archaeological sites inside the town. Ballybane has 2 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
3
2 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
30
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.4%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
2 pictures of historic Ballybane
Pictures exist for 2 of the places Ballybane has on the record. Two to begin with: “Killeen Castle, Castlegar” and Merlinpark Castle.
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 Ballybane’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 5, by rating
5 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
5 historic places in Ballybane
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
SMRHouse · 1840–1860Rosshill LodgeRosshill
Bridge · 1850–1855Bridge, RosshillRosshill
Monument · 1945–1985Monument, Bóthar Thuama [Tuam Road], Leachta Bhearna [Laghtavarna]
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Ballybane
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
30 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.
| Fulacht fia5 records |
| Quarry4 records |
| Castle - tower house3 records |
| Ringfort - cashel2 records |
| Enclosure2 records |
| Designed landscape feature2 records |
| Souterrain1 record |
| Children's burial ground1 record |
| Settlement deserted - medieval1 record |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| House - indeterminate date1 record |
| Anomalous stone group1 record |
| Earthwork1 record |
| Road - road/trackway1 record |
| Church1 record |
| 3 more kinds3 records |
Just outside Ballybane: 1
| Rockwood HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Ballybane’s homes dates in the 2000s: 53%
Ballybane’s newest homes, from 2011 or later, are 8.1%, above the usual 5.8%. Homes built between the wars make up just 0.4% of Ballybane’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. Just 12% of the homes in Ballybane went up from 1946 to 1980, short of the typical 24%.
0.4%
Before 1919
0.4%
1919–45
12%
1946–80
26%
1981–2000
53%
2001–10
8.1%
Since 2011
BallybaneTypical 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.
Neighbours
Ballybane and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballybane | 15,082 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| Murrough | 2,909 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Mervue | 4,126 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Castlegar | 4,315 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Eyre Square | 6,801 | 81 | 2 | 27 |
| Ballinfoile and Terryland | 5,851 | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | 4,948 | 120 | 6 | 59 |
In brief
Ballybane in brief
The official list counts 5 places on the record in Ballybane. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 30 archaeological sites on the record.
The oldest, Rosshill Lodge, dates from 1840. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more recorded buildings than only 10% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 3 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 21).
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 Ballybane’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballybane?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballybane?
Rosshill Lodge: the first date on its record is 1840.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballybane?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 30 archaeological sites inside Ballybane.
How old are the homes in Ballybane?
0.4% 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 (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).