House · 1775–1780Barna HouseBarna
Photo: Seod13ie · CC08buildings on the National Inventory
History of Knocknacarra · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Knocknacarra: 8 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 1775. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 24 archaeological sites. Knocknacarra has 4.3 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
8
4.3 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
24
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1775
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.4%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Knocknacarra’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 8, by rating
8 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
8 historic places in Knocknacarra
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Country house · 1830–1870Blackrock House (country house)Salthill Road Upper, Galway
Demesne walls / gates / railings · 1830–1870Blackrock House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Salthill Road Upper, Galway
House · 1860–1900SummerdaleBishop O'Donnell Road, Galway
School · 1925–1930Coláiste ÉindeThreadneedle Road, Galway
Gates / railings / walls · 1840–1880Gates, Rahoon Road, Galway
Building misc · 1940–1960Building misc, Salthill Road Upper, Galway
Unknown · 1960–1980Unknown, Salthill Road Upper, Galway
What’s recorded
The record in and around Knocknacarra: homes first, at 38%
Nothing on Knocknacarra’s record is rated of national importance. The second-largest group on the record is walls, gates and bridges, with 2. At the top of the record: Barna House and Blackrock House.
Homes3
Walls, gates and bridges2
Public buildings1
Other buildings2
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.
How old
Most of Knocknacarra’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries1
19th century 1800–18994
1900 and later to today3
1 of the 8 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Barna House, from 1775.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Knocknacarra
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
24 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.
| Designed landscape feature4 records |
| Ritual site - holy well3 records |
| Midden3 records |
| Ringfort - unclassified2 records |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| Quarry1 record |
| Water mill - horizontal-wheeled1 record |
| Hilltop enclosure1 record |
| Fulacht fia1 record |
| Children's burial ground1 record |
| House - indeterminate date1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Well1 record |
| 1 more kind1 record |
Homes by age
Knocknacarra’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 51% of its homes
Homes dated from 1946 to 1980 are scarcer in Knocknacarra than in most towns: 8.1%, against 24%. Just 0.4% of the homes in Knocknacarra went up between the wars, short of the typical 3.9%. From 2011 on, Knocknacarra built 8.7% of its homes; the typical town built 5.8%.
0.4%
Before 1919
0.4%
1919–45
8.1%
1946–80
51%
1981–2000
31%
2001–10
8.7%
Since 2011
KnocknacarraTypical 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
Knocknacarra and its neighbours
In brief
Knocknacarra in brief
Knocknacarra has 8 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 4 of 8. The oldest, Barna House, dates from 1775. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
The archaeological record adds 24 sites. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more recorded buildings than only 15% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 8 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 13).
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 Knocknacarra’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Knocknacarra?
8 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Knocknacarra?
Barna House: the first date on its record is 1775.
Are there archaeological sites in Knocknacarra?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 24 archaeological sites inside Knocknacarra.
How old are the homes in Knocknacarra?
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.
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).