- Address
- 18 Main Street, Birr
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14819149
E. Walshe
18 Main Street, Birr
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About E. Walshe
E. Walshe is one of 295 buildings in Birr the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates E. Walshe to 1830–1870. 208 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Nestled between two taller structures, this building is well endowed with architectural features. The façade of the structure has an eloquent ease of symmetry seen in its timber shopfront with central entranceway.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819149 · 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 · 14819149↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Birr · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies















- 1E. WalsheStart here
- 2BowesRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3The Maltings (distillery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Well, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Gate lodge, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Saint Brendan's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 mBallin ValleyRegional rating (NIAH)300 mThe Midland Mineral Water CompanyRegional rating (NIAH)300 m
Foot bridge, Birr CastleNational rating (NIAH)300 mThird Earl of Rosse MonumentRegional rating (NIAH)300 mStables, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 m63 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 45
Like it: recorded houses near Birr
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. The nearest is Birr Castle in Birr, 200 m away. In Birr itself there are 1 of the 8.








Questions about E. Walshe
Is E. Walshe on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14819149).
Can you visit E. Walshe?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was E. Walshe built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1830–1870.
Is E. Walshe 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). 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).