Photo: Den Donovan · CC BY-SA 2.0Fenit has nothing on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage yet
Old homes stand out in Fenit: 7% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Homes from 2011 on make up 3.7% of Fenit’s, against 5.8% in the typical town.
Heritage near Fenit
The nearest towns with buildings of national importance, within 25 km.
| Town | Distance | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardfert | 7.5 km | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| Tralee | 11 km | 283 | 8 | 119 |
| Killorglin | 20 km | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Glenbeigh | 25 km | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Most of Fenit’s homes went up in the 2000s: 30%
In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Fenit, 9.4%. Fenit reached half its present housing before 2001. Building from 1946 to 1980 gave Fenit 23% of its homes, near the usual 24%.
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.
Fenit in brief
Old houses are part of Fenit’s character: 7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Nothing in Fenit is on the list; the nearest place with places of national importance is Ardfert, 7.5 km away.
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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata and English Wikipedia for people born here · 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).