Church / chapel · 1945–1955Catholic Church of Saint John the BaptistBallaghkeen
Photo: Pascal.de.Rascal · CC BY-SA 4.04buildings on the National Inventory
History of The Ballagh · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
The Ballagh has 4 buildings on the National Inventory
The Ballagh’s oldest recorded building dates from 1700. Homes from 2011 on make up 3.5% of The Ballagh’s, against 5.8% in the typical town.
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
1700
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
3%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Places to see in The Ballagh
Only “Monument, Castle Ellis” has a photo so far; more of The Ballagh awaits one.
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 The Ballagh’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 The Ballagh
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1700–1840House, Ballaghkeen
Graveyard / cemetery · 1821–1953Graveyard, Ballaghkeen
Farm house · 1842–1901Farm house, Ballaghkeen
What’s recorded
Around The Ballagh, the record leans to homes: 55%
The Ballagh has no nationally rated building; its record is regional. 3 records make churches and chapels the second group. Leading the record by rating: Saint Anthony's and Castle-Ellis Church (Castle-Ellis).
Homes6
Churches and chapels3
Memorials and tombs1
Street furniture1
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 The Ballagh
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside The Ballagh: 7
| Saint Anthony'sRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Castle-Ellis Church (Castle-Ellis)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Farm house, KnockanevinRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Farm house, TinraheenRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| House, BallyhoughtRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Post box, Castle EllisRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Monument, Castle EllisRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
63% of The Ballagh’s homes were built in the 2000s
Homes built from 1946 to 1980 make up just 8.9% of The Ballagh’s, against 24% in the typical town. Against a typical 3.9%, only 2.5% of The Ballagh’s homes went up between the wars. 3% of The Ballagh’s homes predate 1919, close to the typical town’s 3.4%.
3%
Before 1919
2.5%
1919–45
8.9%
1946–80
19%
1981–2000
63%
2001–10
3.5%
Since 2011
The BallaghTypical 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
The Ballagh and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ballagh | 560 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 266 | 5 | 28 |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 629 | 16 | 57 |
In brief
The Ballagh in brief
The Ballagh has 4 places on the record. Its homes are mostly newer: 3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest is Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist, from 1945.
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 The Ballagh’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in The Ballagh?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in The Ballagh?
House, Ballaghkeen: the first date on its record is 1700.
How old are the homes in The Ballagh?
3% 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).