Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Ballymote: 38 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Ballymote goes back at least to 1810, the date of its oldest recorded building. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 7 archaeological sites inside the town.
9 photographs of Ballymote’s heritage
Look out for Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Ballymote Railway Station. 8 recorded places in Ballymote have a photo. Pictured and oldest in Ballymote: Emlaghfad Church, 1815.
Ballymote Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)
The AbbeyRegional rating (NIAH)
House, Teeling Street, BallymoteRegional rating (NIAH)
Ballymote CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH)
Ballymote CastleArchaeological monument (SMR)+4See 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 Ballymote’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).
39 historic places in Ballymote
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 23, A to Z
16 recorded by their type and address
16 are recorded only by their type and address: 12 homes, 2 walls, gates and bridges and 1 churches and chapels; most date from the 19th century.
Lord Edward Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 39 records, 35 give a street address.
The record in Ballymote starts with homes, at 53%
No record in Ballymote reaches national importance; they are rated regional. Nationally, public buildings are 6% of the record; in Ballymote they are 13%. The highest-rated include L. Hayden and Emlaghfad Church.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Ballymote’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
The oldest is L. Hayden, from 1810.
Archaeology in Ballymote
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
7 archaeological sites 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.
| Ringfort - rath2 records |
| Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle1 record |
| Architectural fragment1 record |
| Font (present location)1 record |
| Religious house - Franciscan Third Order Regular1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Just outside Ballymote: 3
| EarlsfieldRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Big BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Mill (tread), Creamery Road, BallymoteRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
More pre-1919 homes than most: 5% in Ballymote, 3.4% in the typical town
Against a typical 24%, only 16% of Ballymote’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980. Ballymote added a lot between the wars: 9% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. Look at when Ballymote’s homes went up and one period leads: in the 2000s, with 45%.
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.
3 notable people born in Ballymote before 1900
From Alexander Charles Garrett (1832) to Michael Coleman (1891): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Ballymote → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Ballymote and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymote | 1,711 | 38 | 0 | 7 |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Tubbercurry | 2,307 | 16 | 0 | 12 |
Ballymote in brief
More of Ballymote’s homes are old than in most places: 5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 39 places on the record. On Lord Edward Street alone there are 9 places on the record. Of the whole list, 53% are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 31 of 38. The oldest, L. Hayden, dates from 1810. Brother Walfrid (1840), Michael Coleman (1891) and Alexander Charles Garrett (1832) were all born here before 1900.
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 Ballymote’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballymote?
38 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballymote?
House, Teeling Street, Ballymote: the first date on its record is 1810.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballymote?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites inside Ballymote.
How old are the homes in Ballymote?
5% 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).