Ballyhack Castle · Photo: Alanna Milbourne · CC BY-SA 4.0Ballyhack: 1 archaeological site on the record
Old homes stand out in Ballyhack: 12% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. No building in Ballyhack is on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Where Ballyhack’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
One place of national importance in Ballyhack
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. With one national monument the State cares for and opens to visitors. Each one opens its own page.
NMArchaeology in Ballyhack
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Castle - tower house1 record |
Just outside Ballyhack: 1
| Kilhile HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
Ballyhack has added few homes since 2011: 1.2%, where most towns have 5.8%
Homes built between the wars make up 11% of Ballyhack’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. No period built more of Ballyhack than from 1946 to 1980: 31% of its homes. Ballyhack added comparatively little from 1981 to 2000: 18% of its homes, the typical town 24%.
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.
Ballyhack and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyhack | 211 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | 9,571 | 12 | 1 | 10 |
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Grange | 4,109 | 15 | 1 | 11 |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Waterford City Centre | 9,031 | 708 | 22 | 114 |
| Ballytruckle | 6,563 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
Ballyhack in brief
More of Ballyhack’s homes are old than in most places: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 1 place on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Ballyhack Castle. Beyond that, it also has an archaeological site.
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 Ballyhack’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballyhack?
0 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Ballyhack are of national importance?
Ballyhack Castle.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballyhack?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Ballyhack.
How old are the homes in Ballyhack?
12% 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).