- Address
- Blackboy Road, Limerick
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21519001
Boru House
Blackboy Road, Limerick, Galvone
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Boru House
Boru House is one of 34 buildings in Galvone the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Boru House to 1880–1885. 10 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This large family house of the prosperous O'Brien family was built in 1880. The builder was Michael O'Brien.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21519001 · 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 · 21519001↗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
Galvone · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Boru HouseStart here
- 2Saint Joseph's Hospital (hospital / infirmary)National rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Saint Joseph's Hospital (hospital / infirmary)National rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Limerick PrisonRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5Cathedral HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
John O'Grady MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)300 mMount Saint Lawrence Cemetery (mausoleum)Regional rating (NIAH)400 mMount Saint Lawrence Cemetery (mausoleum)Regional rating (NIAH)400 m
Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH)400 mMount Saint Lawrence Cemetery (mausoleum)Regional rating (NIAH)400 m
Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery (monument)Regional rating (NIAH)400 m3 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded houses around Galvone
Start with “House, 2 Pery Square, Limerick” in Dock, 1.2 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Dromoland Castle in Newmarket-On-Fergus is the farthest, at 24 km.
Questions about Boru House
Is Boru House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21519001).
Can you visit Boru House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Boru House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1885.
Is Boru House 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).
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