Saint Joseph's School · Photo: Blackstairs4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Stradbally: 25 buildings on the National Inventory
Stradbally has kept more old homes than most towns: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1700. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
Historic Stradbally through 4 photographs
So far the camera has reached 2 of Stradbally’s recorded places. Among them: Saint Joseph's School and Saint Patrick's Church (Stradbally). Saint Patrick's Church (Stradbally), dated 1760, is the oldest pictured in Stradbally.
Saint Patrick's Church (Stradbally)Regional rating (NIAH)
Oughaval Church (Stradbally) (church / chapel)National rating (NIAH)
Saint Mogue's Church (Timogue)National 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 Stradbally’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).
25 historic places in Stradbally
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 17, A to Z
8 recorded by their type and address
8 are recorded only by their type and address: 7 other buildings and 1 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
Main Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 25 records, 24 give a street address.
28% of Stradbally’s record is churches and chapels, against 7% nationally
Stradbally shows 6 kinds of building on its record. Second on the record: homes, 4 of them. Among the highest-rated: Saint Patrick's Church and Saint James's Catholic Chapel.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Stradbally’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 25 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Stradbally
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Burial1 record |
Just outside Stradbally: 12
| Oughaval Church (Stradbally) (church / chapel)National rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Saint Mogue's Church (Timogue)National rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Stradbally HallNational rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Pole's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Raheenduff HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Ballykilcavan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Oughaval Church (Stradbally)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Saint Peter's Church (Curraclone)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Timogue HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Inch HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Woodlands HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Ballykilcavan, Garrans, Mill LandRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
A growing town: 17% of Stradbally’s homes date from 2011 on, the norm is 5.8%
More than half of Stradbally’s housing predates 2001. No period built more of Stradbally than from 1946 to 1980: 24% of its homes. Building between the wars went further in Stradbally than in most towns: 5.4%, against 3.9%.
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.
Stradbally and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stradbally | 1,404 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Ballylinan | 1,167 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Portlaoise | 23,494 | 185 | 6 | 17 |
| Athy | 11,035 | 178 | 5 | 26 |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 104 | 5 | 6 |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 68 | 1 | 14 |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 54 | 0 | 3 |
Stradbally in brief
More of Stradbally’s homes are old than in most places: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 25 places on the record. On Main Street alone there are 16 places on the record.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 21 of 25. The oldest, Saint Patrick's Church (Stradbally), dates from 1760. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has an archaeological site.
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 Stradbally’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Stradbally?
25 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Stradbally?
Building, Main Street, Stradbally: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Stradbally?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Stradbally.
How old are the homes in Stradbally?
12% 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).