Church / chapel · 1870–1910Saint Joseph's Catholic ChurchBallinagar
Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.01building on the National Inventory
History of Ballinagar · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballinagar has 1 building on the National Inventory
Ballinagar’s oldest recorded building dates from 1870. Since 2011, Ballinagar has added 1.7% of its homes, against 5.8% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
1
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1870
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2.6%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
3 photos of Ballinagar’s landmarks
21st Lock and Ballycommon Bridge lead the set.
21st LockRegional rating (NIAH)
Ballycommon BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Campbell BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)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 Ballinagar’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 1, by rating
1 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
One historic place in Ballinagar
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
Ballinagar’s record splits evenly at the top: 4 walls, gates and bridges, 4 homes
Ballinagar’s record covers 4 kinds of building in all. Among the highest-rated: 21st Lock and Ballycommon Bridge. Around Ballinagar, the record goes back further, to 1780.
Walls, gates and bridges4
Homes4
Farm and estate buildings4
Churches and chapels1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Ballinagar
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballinagar: 12
| 21st LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Ballycommon BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Campbell BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Farm house, BallinagarRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Farm house, BallycueRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Farm house, KnockballyboyRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Outbuilding, Ballyduff SouthRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Bridge, BallycommonRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Outbuilding, BallycommonRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| House, Ballyduff SouthRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Outbuilding, Ballyduff SouthRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Outbuilding, Ballyduff SouthRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Most of Ballinagar’s homes went up in the 2000s: 53%
Ballinagar built little from 1946 to 1980: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 24%. Before 1919: just 2.6% of the homes in Ballinagar, where most towns have about 3.4%. Fewer of Ballinagar’s homes than usual date between the wars: 2.6%, against 3.9%.
2.6%
Before 1919
2.6%
1919–45
11%
1946–80
29%
1981–2000
53%
2001–10
1.7%
Since 2011
BallinagarTypical 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.
Neighbours
Ballinagar and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinagar | 321 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 28 | 0 | 23 |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 132 | 2 | 6 |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 68 | 1 | 14 |
| Kilbeggan | 1,575 | 54 | 2 | 9 |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 54 | 0 | 3 |
| Rochfortbridge | 1,498 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
In brief
Ballinagar in brief
The official list counts 1 place on the record in Ballinagar. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest, Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, dates from 1870.
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 Ballinagar’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballinagar?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballinagar?
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church: the first date on its record is 1870.
How old are the homes in Ballinagar?
2.6% 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 (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).