Photo: Arnold Unterholzner from Schlanders, Italy · CC BY 2.0Salthill: 38 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Salthill goes back at least to 1780, the date of its oldest recorded building. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 8 archaeological sites inside the town. Salthill has 70 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Where Salthill’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).
38 historic places in Salthill
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 11, A to Z
27 recorded by their type and address
27 are recorded only by their type and address: 21 homes, 4 other buildings and 2 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
Saint Mary's Terrace has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 38 records, 36 give a street address.
Salthill’s record leans to homes: 71%
The rating keeps Salthill’s record at regional importance throughout. 2 records make churches and chapels the second group. At the top of the record: “Gate lodge, Lenaboy Castle” and Prairie House.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Salthill’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 38 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Salthill
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.
| House - 18th/19th century3 records |
| Burial ground2 records |
| Ringfort - unclassified1 record |
| Stone circle1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
Salthill has an old housing stock: 5% predates 1919, the norm is 3.4%
In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Salthill, 7.3%. Look at when Salthill’s homes went up and one period leads: from 1946 to 1980, with 38%. From 2011 on, Salthill built only 4.2% of its homes; the typical town built 5.8%.
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.
Salthill and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salthill | 5,445 | 38 | 0 | 8 |
| Taylor's Hill | 3,141 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| Claddagh | 2,755 | 19 | 0 | 11 |
| Newcastle | 4,032 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Rahoon | 3,486 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Knocknacarra | 18,398 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | 4,948 | 120 | 6 | 59 |
Salthill in brief
More of Salthill’s homes are old than in most places: 5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 38 places on the record. On Saint Mary's Terrace alone there are 16 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 71%, are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 28 of 38. The oldest, Gate lodge, Lenaboy Castle, dates from 1840. It also has 8 archaeological sites on the record. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 38 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 41); 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 Salthill’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Salthill?
38 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Salthill?
House, 62 Salthill Road Lower, Galway: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Salthill?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Salthill.
How old are the homes in Salthill?
5% 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) · 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).