House · 1800–1840J. RyanSilvermines
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History of Silvermines · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Old homes in Silvermines: 21% built before 1919
For Silvermines, that is 6 times the typical town’s share, 3.4%. Silvermines has 4 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Its oldest building dates from 1800.
On the National Inventory
4
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Silvermines’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 4, by rating
4 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
4 historic places in Silvermines
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Building · 1820–1860FatimaSilvermines
House · 1820–1860T. Ó CiardhaSilvermines
Church / chapel · 1970–1980Catholic Church of Our Lady of LourdesSilvermines
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in and around Silvermines: 53%
From one type to the next, Silvermines’s record lists 5 kinds of building. 2 records make walls, gates and bridges the second group. Leading the record by rating: Kilboy House and Kilmore House.
Homes8
Walls, gates and bridges2
Churches and chapels1
Public buildings1
Other buildings3
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 Silvermines
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Silvermines: 11
| Kilboy House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Kilboy House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Kilmore HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Kilboy House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Silvermines CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Silvermines Calamine and Lead MinesRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Shallee Lead Mine Works (worker's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Shallee Lead Mine Works (chimney)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Dolla Garda Síochána StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Kilboy House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Shallee Lead Mine Works (mine / pit)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Since 2011, building in Silvermines has been slow: 0.9% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
The period that gave Silvermines the most homes is from 1981 to 2000: 32%. Fewer of Silvermines’s homes than usual date from 1946 to 1980: 15%, against 24%. Against a typical 3.9%, only 2.6% of Silvermines’s homes went up between the wars.
21%
Before 1919
2.6%
1919–45
15%
1946–80
32%
1981–2000
29%
2001–10
0.9%
Since 2011
SilverminesTypical 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
Silvermines and its neighbours
In brief
Silvermines in brief
Old houses are part of Silvermines’s character: 21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 4 places on the record. The oldest is J. Ryan, from 1800.
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 Silvermines’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Silvermines?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Silvermines?
J. Ryan: the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Silvermines?
21% 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) · 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).