RegChurch / chapel · 1830–1860Holy Trinity Church (Ballysadare)BallysadarePhoto: Djedi Guy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Holy Trinity Church (Ballysadare) · Photo: Djedi Guy · CC BY-SA 4.011buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballysadare · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballysadare has 11 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballysadare’s oldest recorded building dates from 1810. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 12 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
11
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
12
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1810
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2.3%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Look around Ballysadare: 2 photos
Holy Trinity Church (Ballysadare) and Saint Brigid's Catholic Church lead the set. The oldest building pictured in Ballysadare is Holy Trinity Church (Ballysadare), from 1830.
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 Ballysadare’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 11, by rating
11 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
11 historic places in Ballysadare
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house · 1810–1850Arrow LodgeBallysadare
Gates / railings / walls · 1820–1860Avena House (gates / railings / walls)Main Street, Ballysadare
House · 1830–1870Rapids LodgeBallysadare
Miller's house · 1840–1850Avena House (miller's house)Main Street, Ballysadare
House · 1880–1900The ThatchBallysadare
House · 1850–1870House, Main Street, Ballysadare
House · 1860–1880House, Main Street, Ballysadare
House · 1860–1880House, Main Street, Ballysadare
Weir · 1860–1900Weir, Ballysadare
House · 1865–1870House, Main Street, Station Road, Ballysadare
What’s recorded
The record in Ballysadare starts with homes, at 73%
The variety is wide in Ballysadare: 4 kinds of building on the record. At the top of the record: Arrow Lodge and Avena House. All of Ballysadare’s recorded buildings carry a regional rating.
Homes8
Walls, gates and bridges1
Churches and chapels1
Other buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Ballysadare
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
12 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.
| Enclosure2 records |
| Midden2 records |
| Bridge2 records |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Building1 record |
| Graveslab1 record |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Earthwork1 record |
Just outside Ballysadare: 12
| Breeoge HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Ballysadare Railway Station (station master's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Ballysadare Railway Station (train shed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Saint Brigid's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| House, Streamstown [Leyny By.] Bally. W. E.d.Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| House, Halfquarter [Leyny By.]Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| House, Lisduff [Car. By.]Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| House, CorhawnaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Icehouse, BallysadareRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bridge, Belladrihid, Carrowgobbadagh, KilmacowenRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| House, CooneyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| House, CooneyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Pre-1919 homes are scarce in Ballysadare: 2.3%, against a usual 3.4%
New building is strong in Ballysadare: 7.8% of homes date from 2011 on, where most towns have 5.8%. Few of Ballysadare’s homes date from 1946 to 1980: 7.6%, the norm 24%. Homes dated in the 2000s are commoner in Ballysadare than in most towns: 50%, against 25%.
2.3%
Before 1919
3.6%
1919–45
7.6%
1946–80
29%
1981–2000
50%
2001–10
7.8%
Since 2011
BallysadareTypical 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
Ballysadare and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 304 | 15 | 74 |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Strandhill | 1,982 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ballymote | 1,711 | 38 | 0 | 7 |
In brief
Ballysadare in brief
Ballysadare has 11 places on the record. Of the whole list, 73% are homes. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
The archaeological record adds 12 sites. The oldest is Arrow Lodge, from 1810. Beyond that, most dated ones come from the 19th century; and Martin Savage (1898) and Anna Kelly (1891) were born here before 1900.
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 Ballysadare’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballysadare?
11 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballysadare?
Arrow Lodge: the first date on its record is 1810.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballysadare?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 12 archaeological sites inside Ballysadare.
How old are the homes in Ballysadare?
2.3% 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).