Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception · Photo: Rauenstein · Public domainKnightstown: 18% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Knightstown has 5 times the share. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 44 buildings in Knightstown. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1850. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 8 archaeological sites inside the town.
4 photographs of Knightstown’s heritage
Pictured and oldest in Knightstown: Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, 1880. 2 recorded places in Knightstown have a photo. Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and “Weighbridge, The Promenade, Knight's Town, Valencia Island” lead the set.
Weighbridge, The Promenade, Knight's Town, Valencia IslandRegional rating (NIAH)
Church Island - Valentia HarbourArchaeological monument (SMR)
Kilmore Church (Valencia)Regional rating (NIAH)+1See all photosPhotos 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.
Where Knightstown’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).
44 historic places in Knightstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
41 recorded by their type and address
41 are recorded only by their type and address: 35 homes, 5 mills, stations and works and 1 inns, shops and warehouses; most date from the 19th century.
Knightstown’s record leans to homes: 82%
Every building on Knightstown’s record is rated regional, none national. Second on the record: mills, stations and works, 6 of them. At the top of the record: The Cable Station and Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Knightstown’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
Archaeology in Knightstown
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.
| Well1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Headstone1 record |
| Cross-inscribed stone1 record |
| Holed stone1 record |
| Quarry1 record |
| Inscribed stone1 record |
Just outside Knightstown: 3
| Church Island - Valentia HarbourArchaeological monument (SMR) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Glanleam HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Kilmore Church (Valencia)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
The biggest share of Knightstown’s homes dates in the 2000s: 34%
Just 15% of the homes in Knightstown went up from 1946 to 1980, short of the typical 24%. More of Knightstown’s homes than usual date between the wars: 6.7%, against 3.9%. The last decade or so added 5.6% of Knightstown’s homes, much as in most towns (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.
Knightstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knightstown | 244 | 44 | 0 | 8 |
| Cahirciveen | 1,297 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
Knightstown in brief
More of Knightstown’s homes are old than in most places: 18% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 44 places on the record. Of the whole list, 82% are homes.
Of the 44 with a date, 36 come from the 19th century. The oldest is The Cable Station, from 1865. The archaeological record adds 8 sites.
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 Knightstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Knightstown?
44 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Knightstown?
Worker's house, 11 Cable Terrace, The Promenade, Knight's Town, Valencia Island: the first date on its record is 1850.
Are there archaeological sites in Knightstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Knightstown.
How old are the homes in Knightstown?
18% 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) · 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).