- Address
- Limerick
- Type
- Beacon
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21527001
Beacon, Limerick
About Beacon, Limerick
Beacon, Limerick is one of 24 buildings in Ballinacurra the National Inventory rates Regional. Beacon, Limerick dates from 1865–1875.
This tower was erected in 1870 to designs by William Edward Corbett (1824-1904) and commemorates William Spillane (1839-97) under whose mayoralty the Corkanree Embankment was completed.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21527001 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21527001↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Beacon, Limerick
Limerick, Ballinacurra
Like it: recorded buildings near Ballinacurra
Just 2.9 km away stands “Prison, Crosbie Row, Limerick”, in Corbally and King's Island. 2 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Adare Castle in Adare is the farthest, at 13 km.
Questions about Beacon, Limerick
Is Beacon, Limerick on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21527001).
Can you visit Beacon, Limerick?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Beacon, Limerick built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1865–1875.
Is Beacon, Limerick 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.
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). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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