- Address
- North Circular Road, Limerick
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21511017
Kilcornan
North Circular Road, Limerick, Farranshone
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Kilcornan
Kilcornan is one of 85 buildings in Farranshone the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Kilcornan to 1810–1830. 14 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
An impressive villa style single-storey over basement house, forming an example or regional variation of works from the Regency period, most obviously expressed by the classical detailing and stucco dressing. It is situated on mature grounds with most external features intact.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21511017 · 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 · 21511017↗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 15 minutes
Farranshone · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
3 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Farranshone: more houses on the record
Just 1.5 km away stands “House, 2 Pery Square, Limerick”, in Dock. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. The farthest is Dromoland Castle in Newmarket-On-Fergus, 22 km away.
Questions about Kilcornan
Is Kilcornan on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21511017).
Can you visit Kilcornan?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Kilcornan built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1830.
Is Kilcornan 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).