Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Ballymore Eustace: 18% of homes built before 1919
For Ballymore Eustace, that is 5 times the typical town’s share, 3.4%. The Sites and Monuments Record marks it as a historic town and lists 2 archaeological sites inside it. On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Ballymore Eustace counts 35 buildings. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1780.
Historic Ballymore Eustace through 2 photographs
Among them: Pollaphuca Bridge and Saint John's Church (Ballymore Eustace).
Pollaphuca BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Saint John's Church (Ballymore Eustace)Regional rating (NIAH)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.
Where Ballymore Eustace’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).
35 historic places in Ballymore Eustace
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 15, A to Z
20 recorded by their type and address
20 are recorded only by their type and address: 14 homes, 5 street furniture and 1 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Chapel Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 35 records, 31 give a street address.
A record rich in street furniture: 14% in Ballymore Eustace, against 3% across Ireland
The record in Ballymore Eustace comes up to 1920 at its newest. 24 of the records are homes (69%). Two of the highest-rated records are Ballymore Bridge and Ivy House.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Ballymore Eustace’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 35 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Ballymore Bridge, from 1780.
Archaeology in Ballymore Eustace
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 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.
| Historic town1 record |
| Castle - motte1 record |
Just outside Ballymore Eustace: 14
| Mountcashel Lodge (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Mountcashel Lodge (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| BishoplandRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Mullaboden LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Saint John's Church (Ballymore Eustace)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Dry BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Pollaphuca BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| WellfieldRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Liffey WorksRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Mill (water), Ballymore EustaceRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Gates, Truce Road, Ballymore EustaceRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Gates, Ballymore EustaceRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Miller's house, Ballymore EustaceRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Water pump, Ballymore EustaceRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
More of Ballymore Eustace’s homes date from 1946 to 1980 than from any other period: 34%
6.2% of Ballymore Eustace’s homes were built between the wars, more than the typical town’s 3.9%. Homes built in the 2000s make up just 11% of Ballymore Eustace’s, against 25% in the typical town. From 2011 on, Ballymore Eustace built 7.7% 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.
Ballymore Eustace and its neighbours
Ballymore Eustace in brief
More of Ballymore Eustace’s homes are old than in most places: 18% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 35 places on the record. Chapel Street alone has 10 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 69%, are homes.
Of the 35 with a date, 31 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Ballymore Bridge, from 1780. Beyond that, it also has 2 archaeological 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 Ballymore Eustace’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballymore Eustace?
35 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballymore Eustace?
Ballymore Bridge: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballymore Eustace?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Ballymore Eustace.
How old are the homes in Ballymore Eustace?
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.
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).