Church / chapel · 1855–1860Saint Joseph's Catholic ChurchFair Green, Ballyforan
Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.02buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballyforan · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballyforan has 2 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballyforan has kept more old homes than most towns: 6.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1855.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1855
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
6.9%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Places to see in Ballyforan
Ballyforan Bridge is the one recorded place in Ballyforan with a photo so far.
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 Ballyforan’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 Ballyforan
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Water pump · 1860–1880Water pump, Fair Green, Ballyforan
What’s recorded
Around Ballyforan, the record leans to walls, gates and bridges: 40%
Among the highest-rated: Ballyforan Bridge and Saint Joseph's Catholic Church. Around Ballyforan, the record goes back further, to 1800. Ballyforan has no nationally rated building; its record is regional.
Walls, gates and bridges2
Churches and chapels1
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
Just outside Ballyforan
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballyforan: 3
| Ballyforan BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Ballyforan BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Foot bridge, BallyforanRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
Homes by age
More of Ballyforan’s homes date in the 2000s than from any other period: 42%
Building since 2011 in Ballyforan, 5.6% of its homes, keeps pace with the norm of 5.8%. Few of Ballyforan’s homes date between the wars: 1.4%, the norm 3.9%. In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1946 to 1980; in Ballyforan only 14%.
6.9%
Before 1919
1.4%
1919–45
14%
1946–80
31%
1981–2000
42%
2001–10
5.6%
Since 2011
BallyforanTypical 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
Ballyforan and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyforan | 227 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballinasloe | 6,597 | 84 | 0 | 48 |
| Roscommon | 6,555 | 47 | 4 | 50 |
In brief
Ballyforan in brief
More of Ballyforan’s homes are old than in most places: 6.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 2 places on the record. The oldest, Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, dates from 1855.
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 Ballyforan’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballyforan?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballyforan?
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church: the first date on its record is 1855.
How old are the homes in Ballyforan?
6.9% 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 (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).