Saint Joseph's Catholic Church · Photo: Rafał Wesołowski · CC BY-SA 4.0Glenealy: 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Glenealy has kept more old homes than most towns: 9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1790. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites.
2 pictures of historic Glenealy
Pictures exist for 2 of the places Glenealy has on the record. Among them: Saint Joseph's Catholic Church and Glenealy Church. Glenealy Church, dated 1790, is the oldest pictured in Glenealy.
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.
Where Glenealy’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).
3 historic places in Glenealy
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Reg
RegThe record in and around Glenealy: homes first, at 57%
Leading the record by rating: Ballyfree House and Glenealy Church. Second on the record: churches and chapels, 2 of them. Nothing on Glenealy’s record is rated of national importance.
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 in Glenealy
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
3 archaeological sites 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.
| Church1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Just outside Glenealy: 4
| Ballyfree House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Ballyfree House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Hollywood House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Hollywood House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Most of Glenealy’s homes went up in the 2000s: 33%
In Glenealy, homes from before 2001 outnumber all those built since. Building between the wars left Glenealy with 8.5% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. From 2011 on, Glenealy built 5.7% of its homes, near the typical 5.8%.
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.
Glenealy and its neighbours
Glenealy in brief
More of Glenealy’s homes are old than in most places: 9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 3 places on the record. The oldest, Glenealy Church, dates from 1790. The rest is about typical: it also has 3 archaeological sites.
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 Glenealy’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Glenealy?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Glenealy?
Glenealy Church: the first date on its record is 1790.
Are there archaeological sites in Glenealy?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites inside Glenealy.
How old are the homes in Glenealy?
9% 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).