- Address
- North Circular Road, Limerick
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21511007
Rhorkee
North Circular Road, Limerick, Farranshone
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Rhorkee
Rhorkee is one of 85 buildings in Farranshone the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Rhorkee to 1910–1930. 22 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A well-maintained house with a wealth of original architectural detailing to façade. While the house has been extended the front aspect remains relatively intact, and when viewed as a group with its neighbours, it forms an attractive example of the garden suburb in early twentieth century.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21511007 · 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 · 21511007↗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
Farranshone · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1RhorkeeStart here
- 2Kilmoyle HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3ShelbourneRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 4LandevinRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5SladeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
6 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded houses near Farranshone
“House, 2 Pery Square, Limerick” in Dock is the nearest, at 1.4 km. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Dromoland Castle in Newmarket-On-Fergus is the farthest, at 22 km.
Questions about Rhorkee
Is Rhorkee on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21511007).
Can you visit Rhorkee?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Rhorkee built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1910–1930.
Is Rhorkee 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).