Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Ballybay: 33 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Ballybay: 9% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1795.
Landmarks of Ballybay, in 6 photos
The photos cover 3 of Ballybay’s recorded places; the rest have a record card. Look out for Ballybay Second Presbyterian Church and Christ Church (Ballybay). Of the buildings pictured in Ballybay, Christ Church (Ballybay) is the oldest, from 1795.
Ballybay Second Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Christ Church (Ballybay)Regional rating (NIAH)
Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Creevagh Reformed Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Derryvally Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)+1See all photosPhotos 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 Ballybay’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).
33 historic places in Ballybay
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 18, A to Z
15 recorded by their type and address
15 are recorded only by their type and address: 9 homes, 3 other buildings and 1 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
58% of Ballybay’s recorded buildings are homes
Leading the record by rating: Christ Church and Tom McGinnity. The second-largest group on the record is public buildings, with 4. In Ballybay, every record stops at a regional rating.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Ballybay’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 33 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Christ Church (Ballybay), from 1795.
Just outside Ballybay
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballybay: 38
| Cremorne HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| HillcrestRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Creevelands (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Carnaveagh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Derryvally HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Creevagh Reformed Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| First Ballybay Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Creevelands (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Cumry LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Derryvally Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Balladian BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Drumfaldra HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Rock MountRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Ballybay House (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Bowelk HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Bowelk House (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Bowelk House (stables)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Creevelands (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Derryvally National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Creevelands (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
Only 1.5% of Ballybay’s homes were built since 2011 (5.8% is typical)
The midpoint of Ballybay’s housing falls before 2001: half the homes are older. Ballybay added a lot between the wars: 11% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. More of the homes standing in Ballybay today were built in the 2000s than in any other period: 30%.
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.
5 notable people born in Ballybay before 1900
From Robert Harpur (1731) to Robert Thomson Robinson (1867): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Ballybay → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Ballybay and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 75 | 0 | 4 |
| Cootehill | 1,856 | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| Monaghan | 7,894 | 187 | 4 | 18 |
Ballybay in brief
Old houses are part of Ballybay’s character: 9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 33 places on the record. Of the whole list, 58% are homes.
Of the 33 with a date, 30 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Christ Church (Ballybay), from 1795. Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include Robert Harpur (1731), Samuel Crawford (1820) and Bernard O'Reilly (1824).
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 Ballybay’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballybay?
33 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballybay?
Christ Church (Ballybay): the first date on its record is 1795.
How old are the homes in Ballybay?
9% 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 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).