School · 1820–1825Dundrum CourthouseDundrum
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History of Dundrum · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Dundrum has 7 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Dundrum: 13% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1820.
On the National Inventory
7
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1820
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Dundrum’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 7, by rating
7 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
7 historic places in Dundrum
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1850–1890Tara RoseMain Street, Dundrum
Church / chapel · 1855–1865Saint Mary's Church (Ballintemple)Main Street, Dundrum
Country house · 1860–1900Able ManorDundrum
Garda station / constabulary barracks · 1860–1870Dundrum Garda Síochána StationDundrum
House · 1860–1900House, Main Street, Dundrum
House · 1870–1890House, Main Street, Dundrum
What’s recorded
Around Dundrum, the record leans to homes: 56%
Counted by type, Dundrum’s record runs to 6 kinds of building. The second-largest group on the record is public buildings, with 2. At the top of the record: Dundrum House and Ballywalter House.
Homes10
Public buildings2
Churches and chapels2
Mills, stations and works2
Walls, gates and bridges1
Farm and estate 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 Dundrum
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Dundrum: 11
| Dundrum House (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Ballywalter HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Grene ParkRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Killenure CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Drummona HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Dundrum Saw MillsRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Catholic Church of the AssumptionRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Dundrum House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Dundrum House (stables)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Dundrum Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Creamery, 1-7 Woodcock Grove, DundrumRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Only 1.2% of Dundrum’s homes were built since 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Just 2.4% of the homes in Dundrum went up between the wars, short of the typical 3.9%. Fewer of Dundrum’s homes than usual date from 1981 to 2000: 8.2%, against 24%. 45% of Dundrum’s homes were built from 1946 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 24%.
13%
Before 1919
2.4%
1919–45
45%
1946–80
8.2%
1981–2000
31%
2001–10
1.2%
Since 2011
DundrumTypical 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
Dundrum and its neighbours
In brief
Dundrum in brief
More of Dundrum’s homes are old than in most places: 13% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 7 places on the record. The oldest, Dundrum Courthouse, dates from 1820. Beyond that, most dated ones come from the 19th century.
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 Dundrum’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Dundrum?
7 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Dundrum?
Dundrum Courthouse: the first date on its record is 1820.
How old are the homes in Dundrum?
13% 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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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).