Country house · 1625–1630Ballycumber House (country house)Ballycumber
Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.02buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballycumber · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Old homes in Ballycumber: 17% built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Ballycumber has 5 times the share. On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Ballycumber counts 2 buildings. The oldest record dates from 1625. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
1
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1625
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Ballycumber’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 2, by rating
2 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
2 historic places in Ballycumber
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1870–1890John Gavin or Corner HouseBallycumber
What’s recorded
The record in and around Ballycumber: homes first, at 33%
The rating puts 1 of Ballycumber’s buildings at national importance. Nationally the share of homes is higher than in Ballycumber: 62%. Second on the record: walls, gates and bridges, 3 of them.
Homes5
Walls, gates and bridges3
Churches and chapels3
Mills, stations and works1
Public buildings1
Street furniture1
Other buildings1
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
Archaeology in Ballycumber
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
Just outside Ballycumber: 13
| Bellair HouseNational rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Ballycumber House (folly)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Liss Church (Lemanaghan)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Liss National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Ballycumber BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Moorock BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Saint Manchin's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Prospect BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| A. FlynnRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Ballycumber Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Farm house, BallybruncullinRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Post box, BoherRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Only 2.4% of Ballycumber’s homes were built since 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Few of Ballycumber’s homes date in the 2000s: 6%, the norm 25%. The busiest building years in Ballycumber were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 37% of today’s homes. In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Ballycumber only 2.4%.
17%
Before 1919
2.4%
1919–45
35%
1946–80
37%
1981–2000
6%
2001–10
2.4%
Since 2011
BallycumberTypical 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
Ballycumber and its neighbours
In brief
Ballycumber in brief
More of Ballycumber’s homes are old than in most places: 17% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 2 places on the record. The oldest is Ballycumber House, from 1625. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has an archaeological site.
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 Ballycumber’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballycumber?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballycumber?
Ballycumber House: the first date on its record is 1625.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballycumber?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Ballycumber.
How old are the homes in Ballycumber?
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.
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) · 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).