- Address
- O'Connell Avenue, Limerick
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21521074
Alva
O'Connell Avenue, Limerick, Dock
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Alva
The National Inventory rates Alva Regional, one of 298 in Dock. Alva dates from 1900–1920. 74 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Forming one of a terrace of four uniform houses with individualistic detailing distinguishing it from the rest of the terrace. The terrace is completed by two further terraced houses of varying forms further south.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21521074 · 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 · 21521074↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Dock · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
18 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Houses on the record near Dock
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Start with Plassey House in Castletroy, 5 km away. At the edge of the list, 24 km away: Teach de Valera, Bruree.
Questions about Alva
Is Alva on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21521074).
Can you visit Alva?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Alva built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1900–1920.
Is Alva 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).
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).