House · 1850–1870Saint Anthony'sBallyknockan
Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballyknockan · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballyknockan: 18% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 3.4%: Ballyknockan has 5 times the share. Ballyknockan has 3 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Its oldest building dates from 1850. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
1
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1850
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Ballyknockan, pictured
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church is the one recorded place in Ballyknockan with a photo so far.
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 Ballyknockan’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 Ballyknockan
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
Ballyknockan and its edges: homes first, 80%
The wider area’s record reaches back to 1800, earlier than Ballyknockan’s own. Leading the record by rating: Saint Joseph's Catholic Church and “Presbytery, Saint Joseph's Catholic Church”. Rated by importance, Ballyknockan’s buildings are all regional.
Homes4
Churches and chapels1
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
Archaeology in Ballyknockan
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.
| Cross-inscribed stone1 record |
Just outside Ballyknockan: 2
| Saint Joseph's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Presbytery, Saint Joseph's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Ballyknockan has added few homes since 2011: 3.4%, where most towns have 5.8%
Just 13% of the homes in Ballyknockan went up in the 2000s, short of the typical 25%. Ballyknockan added a lot between the wars: 12% of its homes, the typical town 3.9%. No period built more of Ballyknockan than from 1981 to 2000: 32% of its homes.
18%
Before 1919
12%
1919–45
22%
1946–80
32%
1981–2000
13%
2001–10
3.4%
Since 2011
BallyknockanTypical 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
Ballyknockan and its neighbours
In brief
Ballyknockan in brief
Old houses are part of Ballyknockan’s character: 18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 3 places on the record. The oldest is Saint Anthony's, from 1850. Beyond that, it also has an archaeological site.
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 Ballyknockan’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballyknockan?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballyknockan?
Saint Anthony's: the first date on its record is 1850.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballyknockan?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Ballyknockan.
How old are the homes in Ballyknockan?
18% 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).