House · 1740–1800Ballinalack HouseBallinalack
Photo: Dylan Moore · CC BY-SA 2.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballinalack · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballinalack has 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballinalack’s oldest recorded building dates from 1740. 6.7% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1740
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
6.7%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Old buildings of Ballinalack
So far only Tristernagh Abbey is photographed among Ballinalack’s recorded places.
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 Ballinalack’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 3, by rating
3 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
3 historic places in Ballinalack
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
The record in and around Ballinalack: homes first, at 58%
The highest-rated include Tristernagh House and Ballinalack House. Second on the record: churches and chapels, 2 of them. Just outside Ballinalack, the oldest record dates from 1200.
Homes7
Churches and chapels2
Public buildings1
Street furniture1
Walls, gates and bridges1
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 Ballinalack
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballinalack: 10
| Tristernagh AbbeyArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Tristernagh House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Tristernagh House (icehouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Leny CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Bunbrosna Church (Leny)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Rathbennett HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Ardglass HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Farra CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Ballinalack BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Ballinalack has added few homes since 2011: 1.7%, where most towns have 5.8%
Homes dated from 1946 to 1980 are scarcer in Ballinalack than in most towns: 10%, against 24%. Only 8.3% of Ballinalack’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 24%. Building in the 2000s left Ballinalack with 70% of its homes, above the usual 25%.
6.7%
Before 1919
3.3%
1919–45
10%
1946–80
8.3%
1981–2000
70%
2001–10
1.7%
Since 2011
BallinalackTypical 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
Ballinalack and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinalack | 161 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 21 | 0 | 9 |
| Castlepollard | 1,349 | 40 | 0 | 8 |
| Mullingar | 22,667 | 225 | 7 | 43 |
| Granard | 1,058 | 28 | 0 | 5 |
In brief
Ballinalack in brief
Old houses are part of Ballinalack’s character: 6.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 3 places on the record. The oldest, Ballinalack House, dates from 1740.
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 Ballinalack’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballinalack?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballinalack?
Ballinalack House: the first date on its record is 1740.
How old are the homes in Ballinalack?
6.7% 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) · 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).