Church / chapel · 1830–1835Catholic Church of the Assumption and Saint MalachyBallymurn
3buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballymurn · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballymurn: 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballymurn’s oldest recorded building dates from 1830. Homes from 2011 on make up 6.5% of Ballymurn’s, against 5.8% in the typical town.
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
1830
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2.5%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Ballymurn’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 Ballymurn
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1855–1860Presbytery, Catholic Church of the Assumption and Saint MalachyBallymurn
Mausoleum · 1860–1865Mausoleum, Catholic Church of the Assumption and Saint MalachyBallymurn
What’s recorded
23% of Ballymurn’s record is walls, gates and bridges, against 8% nationally
All told, 5 kinds of building appear on Ballymurn’s record. Counted by type, homes come first, 11 of them (50%). At the top of the record: Kilmallock House and Wilmount House.
Homes11
Walls, gates and bridges5
Churches and chapels4
Farm and estate buildings1
Public 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 Ballymurn
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballymurn: 19
| Kilmallock HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Wilmount HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Saint Peter's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Ballinkeel House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Ballinkeel House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Ballinkeel House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Ballinkeel House (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Ballinkeel House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Ballinkeel House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Ballinkeel House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Glenbrien HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Kilmallock BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Glenbrien National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Farm house, Ballynastraw (Ballaghkeen By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Farm house, CurcloghRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Farm house, Woodlands (Ballaghkeen By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Graveyard, KilmallockRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| House, Cooney's CrossroadsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| House, Cooney's CrossroadsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Pre-1919 homes are scarce in Ballymurn: 2.5%, against a usual 3.4%
In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1981 to 2000; in Ballymurn only 13%. Building in the 2000s left Ballymurn with 62% of its homes, above the usual 25%. Homes dated between the wars are scarcer in Ballymurn than in most towns: 2%, against 3.9%.
2.5%
Before 1919
2%
1919–45
14%
1946–80
13%
1981–2000
62%
2001–10
6.5%
Since 2011
BallymurnTypical 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
Ballymurn and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymurn | 607 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 266 | 5 | 28 |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 629 | 16 | 57 |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
In brief
Ballymurn in brief
The official list counts 3 places on the record in Ballymurn. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest, Catholic Church of the Assumption and Saint Malachy, dates from 1830.
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 Ballymurn’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballymurn?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballymurn?
Catholic Church of the Assumption and Saint Malachy: the first date on its record is 1830.
How old are the homes in Ballymurn?
2.5% 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).