Garda station / constabulary barracks · 1925–1930Ballymacarbry Garda Síochána StationBallymacarbry
Photo: ethics girl · CC BY-SA 2.02buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballymacarbry · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballymacarbry: 2 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Ballymacarbry: 7.9% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1840.
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
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
7.9%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Ballymacarbry in 2 photos and 1 old views
The camera caught Ballymacarbry in 1906. First come Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint Laurence and Kilronan Church.
Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint LaurenceRegional rating (NIAH)
Kilronan ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)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.
Through time
Ballymacarbry in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
1906From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Ballymacarbry’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 Ballymacarbry
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1840–1860House, Ballymacarbry
What’s recorded
Around Ballymacarbry, the record leans to homes: 37%
Second on the record: farm and estate buildings, 9 of them. The national figure for homes is 62%, above Ballymacarbry’s. Leading the record by rating: Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint Laurence and Ballymacarbry Bridge (Old).
Homes10
Farm and estate buildings9
Walls, gates and bridges2
Churches and chapels2
Public buildings1
Mills, stations and works1
Other buildings2
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 Ballymacarbry
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballymacarbry: 25
| Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint LaurenceRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Ballymacarbry Bridge (Old)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Bridge, Niervale MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Miller's house, Niervale MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Niervale MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Shandarrick CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Kilronan ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Nirevale (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Nirevale (farm house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Nirevale (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Nirevale (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Nirevale (stables)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Nirevale (stables)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Knockalisheen BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Farm house, ClonanavRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Farm house, ShanballyanneRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Court house, BallymacarbryRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Farm house, CurraheenavoherRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Farmyard complex, GraignagowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, BallymacarbryRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Ballymacarbry’s building boom came in the 2000s: 41% of its homes
By 2001, Ballymacarbry had built the greater part of the homes it has now. Homes built since 2011 make up 7.9% of Ballymacarbry’s, above the 5.8% of the typical town. Building from 1946 to 1980 left Ballymacarbry with 19% of its homes, below the usual 24%.
7.9%
Before 1919
4.8%
1919–45
19%
1946–80
19%
1981–2000
41%
2001–10
7.9%
Since 2011
BallymacarbryTypical 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
Ballymacarbry and its neighbours
In brief
Ballymacarbry in brief
Old houses are part of Ballymacarbry’s character: 7.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 2 places on the record. The oldest is Ballymacarbry Garda Síochána Station, from 1925.
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 Ballymacarbry’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballymacarbry?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballymacarbry?
House, Ballymacarbry: the first date on its record is 1840.
How old are the homes in Ballymacarbry?
7.9% 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).