RegChurch / chapel · 1925–1935Saint Brigid's Catholic ChurchBallycastlePhoto: Liz McCabe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.010buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballycastle · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Old homes in Ballycastle: 16% built before 1919
For Ballycastle, that is 5 times the typical town’s share, 3.4%. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 10 buildings in Ballycastle. The oldest record dates from 1797.
On the National Inventory
10
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1797
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
16%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Ballycastle in pictures
So far only Saint Brigid's Catholic Church is photographed among Ballycastle’s recorded places.
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.
The map
Where Ballycastle’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 10, by rating
10 Regional and other sites
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).
Regional and other sites
10 historic places in Ballycastle
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Farm house · 1797–1838Ballycastle HouseBallycastle
Church / chapel · 1825–1830Saint John's Church (Doonfeeny)Ballycastle
Hotel · 1880–1885Polke'sBallycastle
School · 1890–1895Ballycastle National SchoolBallycastle
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1910–1915Presbytery, Saint Brigid's Catholic ChurchBallycastle
School · 1935–1940Saint Brigid's National SchoolBallycastle
House · 1797–1838House, Ballycastle
House · 1797–1838House, Ballycastle
Water pump · 1899–1917Water pump, Ballycastle
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in Ballycastle: 40%
At the top of the record: Ballycastle House and Saint John's Church (Doonfeeny). The next biggest group is public buildings, 2 in all. All of Ballycastle’s recorded buildings carry a regional rating.
Homes4
Public buildings2
Churches and chapels2
Inns, shops and warehouses1
Street furniture1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Ballycastle’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries3
19th century 1800–18994
1900 and later to today3
3 of the 10 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Ballycastle House, from 1797.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Ballycastle
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballycastle: 8
| Heathfield House (farm house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Heathfield House (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Killerduff BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| New BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Ballinglen Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Ballycastle Coastguard StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Rectory, Doonfeeny UpperRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Manse, BallinglenRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Since 2011, building in Ballycastle has been slow: 3.5% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
Most of the houses in Ballycastle today, over half, were up by 2001. No period built more of Ballycastle than from 1981 to 2000: 34% of its homes. Homes built between the wars make up 3.5% of Ballycastle’s, about the typical 3.9%.
16%
Before 1919
3.5%
1919–45
22%
1946–80
34%
1981–2000
21%
2001–10
3.5%
Since 2011
BallycastleTypical town
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.
In brief
Ballycastle in brief
Old houses are part of Ballycastle’s character: 16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 10 places on the record. The oldest is Ballycastle House, from 1797.
How to read these numbers
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 Ballycastle’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballycastle?
10 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballycastle?
Ballycastle House: the first date on its record is 1797.
How old are the homes in Ballycastle?
16% 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.
History is described here, not graded.
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 (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).