RegCountry house · 1805–1810Ballyheige Castle (country house)BallyheigePhoto: No machine-readable author provided. Kglavin assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Commons file
Ballyheige Castle (country house) · Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Kglavin assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 2.52buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballyheigue · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballyheigue: 2 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballyheigue has kept more old homes than most towns: 9.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1805. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
3
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1805
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
9.5%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
2 photographs of Ballyheigue’s heritage
Look out for Ballyheige Castle (country house) and Saint Mary's Catholic Church. The oldest building pictured in Ballyheigue is Ballyheige Castle, from 1805.
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 Ballyheigue’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 2, by rating
2 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
2 historic places in Ballyheigue
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Gate lodge · 1820–1840Ballyheige Castle (gate lodge)Ballyheige
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Ballyheigue
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
3 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.
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Souterrain1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
Just outside Ballyheigue: 1
| Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Since 2011, building in Ballyheigue has been slow: 2.6% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
Only 17% of Ballyheigue’s homes were built in the 2000s, less than the typical town’s 25%. Against a typical 3.9%, 8.7% of Ballyheigue’s homes went up between the wars. Look at when Ballyheigue’s homes went up and one period leads: from 1946 to 1980, with 40%.
9.5%
Before 1919
8.7%
1919–45
40%
1946–80
22%
1981–2000
17%
2001–10
2.6%
Since 2011
BallyheigueTypical 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
Ballyheigue and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyheigue | 546 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Tralee | 26,079 | 283 | 8 | 119 |
| Ballybunion | 1,618 | 20 | 0 | 8 |
In brief
Ballyheigue in brief
More of Ballyheigue’s homes are old than in most places: 9.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 2 places on the record. The oldest is Ballyheige Castle, from 1805. Beyond that, it also has 3 archaeological sites.
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 Ballyheigue’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballyheigue?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballyheigue?
Ballyheige Castle: the first date on its record is 1805.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballyheigue?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites inside Ballyheigue.
How old are the homes in Ballyheigue?
9.5% 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) · 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).