Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception · Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0Glin: 17% of homes built before 1919
Against 3.4% in the typical town, Glin has 5 times the share. Glin has 19 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. The oldest record dates from 1780. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 3 archaeological sites inside the town.
Glin in 2 photos
Pictured and oldest in Glin: Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, 1850. Look out for Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Glin Castle (country house).
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 Glin’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).
19 historic places in Glin
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 11, A to Z
8 recorded by their type and address
8 are recorded only by their type and address: 7 homes and 1 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
Main Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 19 records, 18 give a street address.
In Glin, homes lead the record (63%)
The latest date on Glin’s record is 1960. In second place come churches and chapels, with 2. Among the highest-rated: O'Shaughnessy and Glin Library.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Glin’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 19 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is O'Shaughnessy, from 1780.
Archaeology in Glin
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
3 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.
| Bridge1 record |
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Bawn1 record |
Just outside Glin: 13
| Glin Castle (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Glin Castle (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Caheragh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Fort ShannonRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Glin Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Hamilton TowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Glin Castle (bathhouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Glin Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Glin Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Glin Castle (folly)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Milestone, Coast Road, Glin (milestone / milepost)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Pier, Coast Road, GlinRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Milestone, Coast Road, Glin (milestone / milepost)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
26% of Glin’s homes were built from 1946 to 1980
More than half of Glin’s housing predates 1981. Glin added a lot between the wars: 13% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. New building has been slow in Glin: 4.6% of homes date from 2011 on, where most towns have 5.8%.
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.
Glin and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glin | 644 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| Kilrush | 2,649 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
Glin in brief
Old houses are part of Glin’s character: 17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 19 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 63%, are homes.
Of the 19 with a date, 17 come from the 19th century. The oldest is O'Shaughnessy, from 1780. The rest is about typical: James FitzGibbon (1780) and Con Fitzgerald (1872) were born here before 1900; and it also has 3 archaeological sites.
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 Glin’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Glin?
19 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Glin?
O'Shaughnessy: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Glin?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites inside Glin.
How old are the homes in Glin?
17% 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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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 and English Wikipedia for people born here · 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).