Saint John's Church (Kill) · Photo: Darrin Antrobus · CC BY-SA 2.0Kill has 15 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Kill goes back at least to 1810, the date of its oldest recorded building. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 7 archaeological sites inside the town. 1.2% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. Kill has 39 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
2 pictures of historic Kill
Pictured and oldest in Kill: Saint John's Church (Kill), 1825. First come Saint John's Church (Kill) and Devonshire 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.
Where Kill’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).
15 historic places in Kill
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 7, A to Z
8 recorded by their type and address
8 are recorded only by their type and address: 4 walls, gates and bridges, 3 homes and 1 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
In Kill, walls, gates and bridges stand out: 33% of its record, 8% nationally
Kill has no nationally rated building; its record is regional. Counted by type, homes come first, 6 of them (40%). Two of the highest-rated records are “Gates, Saint Brigid's Catholic Church” and Saint Brigid's National School.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology in Kill
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
7 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.
| Settlement deserted - medieval1 record |
| Ecclesiastical site1 record |
| Font1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Headstone1 record |
Just outside Kill: 1
| Devonshire BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
New homes stand out in Kill: 15% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%
Half of the homes standing in Kill today were built before 2001. Building between the wars fell short in Kill: 0.9%, against 3.9% in most towns. The busiest building years in Kill were in the 2000s, which account for 34% of today’s homes.
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.
Kill and its neighbours
Kill in brief
The official list counts 15 places on the record in Kill. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 7 archaeological sites on the record. The oldest, Gates, Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, dates from 1810. Beyond that, most dated ones come from the 19th century; it has 15 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 24); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Kill’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Kill?
15 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Kill?
Gates, Saint Brigid's Catholic Church: the first date on its record is 1810.
Are there archaeological sites in Kill?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites inside Kill.
How old are the homes in Kill?
1.2% 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.
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 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).