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2buildings on the National Inventory
History of Broadford · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Broadford has 2 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Old homes stand out in Broadford: 7.3% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1840.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
7.3%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Broadford’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 2, by rating
1 National and International1 Regional and other sites
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).
National and International
One place of national importance in Broadford
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
One more historic place in Broadford
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Church / chapel · 1840–1845Catholic Church of Our Lady of SorrowsBroadford
What’s recorded
Around Broadford, the record leans to walls, gates and bridges: 43%
The next biggest group is homes, 2 in all. At the top of the record: Broadford Carnegie Library and Ahacomusk Bridge. Around Broadford, the record goes back further, to 1760.
Walls, gates and bridges3
Homes2
Public buildings1
Churches and chapels1
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.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Broadford
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Broadford: 6
| Killaliathan ChurchArchaeological monument (SMR) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Ahacomusk BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Lisnafulla BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Glenduff CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Springfield CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| House, BallydonnellRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Little new building in Broadford: 3.1% of homes date from 2011 on, against 5.8%
Homes built between the wars make up 12% of Broadford’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. No period built more of Broadford than from 1946 to 1980: 34% of its homes. Broadford added comparatively little in the 2000s: 16% of its homes, the typical town 25%.
7.3%
Before 1919
12%
1919–45
34%
1946–80
28%
1981–2000
16%
2001–10
3.1%
Since 2011
BroadfordTypical town
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.
Neighbours
Broadford and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadford | 231 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 48 | 1 | 19 |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 32 | 0 | 14 |
In brief
Broadford in brief
More of Broadford’s homes are old than in most places: 7.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 2 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Broadford Carnegie Library. The oldest, Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, dates from 1840. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: James Duhig (1871) and Eugene Sheehy (1841) were born here before 1900.
How to read these numbers
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 Broadford’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Broadford?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Broadford are of national importance?
Broadford Carnegie Library.
What is the oldest building in Broadford?
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows: the first date on its record is 1840.
How old are the homes in Broadford?
7.3% 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) · 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).