Mungret Abbey · Photo: Stevesphotography · CC BY-SA 4.0Dooradoyle: 9 buildings on the National Inventory
The Sites and Monuments Record marks Dooradoyle as a historic town and lists 48 archaeological sites inside it. 0.3% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1790. Dooradoyle has 4.8 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Dooradoyle in 2 photos
There are photos of 2 of Dooradoyle’s recorded places so far. First come Mungret Abbey and Saint Nessan's Catholic Church. The oldest building in Dooradoyle’s set dates from 1840: Saint Nessan's Catholic Church.
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 Dooradoyle’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).
10 historic places in Dooradoyle
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
SMR
RegIn and around Dooradoyle, 73% of the records are homes
The newest record in Dooradoyle dates from 1920. At the top of the record: Cahervally House and Roche Castle. Rated by importance, Dooradoyle’s buildings are all regional.
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.
Most of Dooradoyle’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 9 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Dooradoyle
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
48 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.
| Ringfort - rath11 records |
| Fulacht fia11 records |
| Excavation - miscellaneous5 records |
| Enclosure4 records |
| Church3 records |
| Graveyard2 records |
| Historic town1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Ecclesiastical site1 record |
| Bullaun stone1 record |
| Bridge1 record |
| Mill - unclassified1 record |
| Road - road/trackway1 record |
| House - 18th/19th century1 record |
| House - 17th century1 record |
| 3 more kinds3 records |
Just outside Dooradoyle: 2
| Cahervally HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Orchard HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
More of Dooradoyle’s homes date from 1981 to 2000 than from any other period: 46%
Building since 2011 in Dooradoyle, 5.7% of its homes, keeps pace with the norm of 5.8%. In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Dooradoyle only 0.5%. Older than 2001: more than half of the homes in Dooradoyle.
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.
Dooradoyle and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 9 | 0 | 48 |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 6 | 0 | 33 |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dock | 6,258 | 305 | 7 | 0 |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 190 | 1 | 10 |
| Galvone | 5,412 | 49 | 15 | 12 |
Dooradoyle in brief
Dooradoyle has 10 places on the record. Of the whole list, 73% are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 6 of 9. The oldest, Roche Castle, dates from 1820.
Its homes are mostly newer: 0.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 48 sites. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more recorded buildings than only 16% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. The rest is about typical: it has 9 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 13).
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 Dooradoyle’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Dooradoyle?
9 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Dooradoyle?
House, Saint Nessan's Road, Raheen: the first date on its record is 1790.
Are there archaeological sites in Dooradoyle?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 48 archaeological sites inside Dooradoyle.
How old are the homes in Dooradoyle?
0.3% 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) · 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).