Saint Michael's Catholic Church · Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 4.0Sneem: 6 buildings on the National Inventory
Sneem has kept more old homes than most towns: 9.2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1790.
Sneem in 2 photos and 2 old views
There are photos of 2 of Sneem’s recorded places so far. The old photographs show Sneem in 1880. Two to begin with: Saint Michael's Catholic Church and Sneem Bridge.
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.
Sneem from 1880 to 1880
2 old photographs, in date order. All made before 1950.
1880
1880From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Sneem’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).
6 historic places in Sneem
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Reg
RegAround Sneem, the record leans to homes: 33%
Two of the highest-rated records are Church of the Transfiguration (Kilcrohane) and Sneem Bridge. In second place come churches and chapels, with 2. Nothing on Sneem’s record is rated of national importance.
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.
Most of Sneem’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 6 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Church of the Transfiguration (Kilcrohane), from 1790.
Just outside Sneem
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Sneem: 3
| Derryquin CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Glashnacree HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Parknasilla HotelRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
More of Sneem’s homes date from 1946 to 1980 than from any other period: 28%
At least one home in two in Sneem was standing by 2001. 11% of Sneem’s homes were built between the wars, more than the typical town’s 3.9%. Sneem’s newest homes, from 2011 or later, are 7.1%, roughly the usual 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.
Sneem in brief
Old houses are part of Sneem’s character: 9.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 6 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 4 of 6. The oldest, Church of the Transfiguration (Kilcrohane), dates from 1790. Beyond that, William Melville (1850) was born here before 1900.
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 Sneem’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Sneem?
6 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Sneem?
Church of the Transfiguration (Kilcrohane): the first date on its record is 1790.
How old are the homes in Sneem?
9.2% 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 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).