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Regional rating (NIAH)
1810–1830
Address
Main Street, Glin
Type
Prison / jail
NIAH reg. no.
21830019
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Glin Library

Main Street, Glin

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 19 rated Regional in Glin
PPrison / jailBBuilt 1810–1830
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
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About Glin Library

Glin Library is one of 19 buildings in Glin the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Glin Library to 1810–1830. 20 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This former bridewell played an important role in Glin's heritage. It was used to house prisoners and hold trials.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21830019 · 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 · 21830019↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes

Glin · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Glin LibraryStart here
  2. 2HoganRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Castle BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  4. 4Hamilton TowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  5. 5Hamilton VillaRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Farther afield
Saint Paul's Church (Kilfergus)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mGlin Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mSaint Fergus's National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH)400 mGlin Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH)500 mGlin Castle (country house)National rating (NIAH)700 mGlin Castle (folly)Regional rating (NIAH)700 m
Around it

10 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegHouse, Main Street, Glin37 mRegDunne43 mRegHouse, Main Street, Glin71 mRegWater pump, Main Street, Glin82 mRegHogan100 mRegO'Shaughnessy111 mRegGlin Garda Síochána Station116 mRegHouse, Hamilton Terrace, Coast Road, Glin130 mRegHouse, Hamilton Terrace, Coast Road, Glin138 mRegHouse, Hamilton Terrace, Coast Road, Glin149 m

Questions about Glin Library

Is Glin Library on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 21830019).

Can you visit Glin Library?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Glin Library built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1830.

Is Glin Library 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) · 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).