Kilcoole Church · Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Kilcoole: 1 building on the National Inventory
Kilcoole’s oldest recorded building dates from 1820. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 14 archaeological sites inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Kilcoole has 2.2 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Where Kilcoole’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).
2 historic places in Kilcoole
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
SMRMore homes than anything else in and around Kilcoole: 50%
The newest record in Kilcoole dates from 1890. At the top of the record: Ballygannon and Woodstock House. Beyond Kilcoole’s edge the record is older still: 1690.
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 Kilcoole
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
14 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.
| Excavation - miscellaneous3 records |
| Fulacht fia2 records |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Font1 record |
| Cross-slab1 record |
| Furnace1 record |
| Burial1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Bullaun stone (present location)1 record |
| Moated site1 record |
Just outside Kilcoole: 5
| BallygannonRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Woodstock House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Woodstock House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Bridge, Ballyloughlin, Leabeg Middle, Leabeg Upper, Woodstock DemesneRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Water pump, Leabeg UpperRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
Kilcoole has more new homes than most: 12% since 2011, against 5.8%
In Kilcoole, homes from before 2001 outnumber all those built since. The typical town keeps 3.4% of its homes from before 1919; Kilcoole keeps 2.2%. Building in Kilcoole peaked in the 2000s: 32% of the homes now standing.
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.
How Kilcoole compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,300 to 4,800 residents, by buildings on the record.
Kilcoole and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilcoole | 4,569 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Kilpedder | 1,248 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Newcastle | 1,010 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| Greystones-Delgany | 22,009 | 148 | 0 | 72 |
| Newtownmountkennedy | 3,539 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Kilmacanogue | 1,240 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bray | 33,512 | 318 | 0 | 39 |
Kilcoole in brief
The official list counts 2 places on the record in Kilcoole. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 14 archaeological sites on the record. The oldest is Saint Patrick's Convent, from 1820. Most towns its size have more recorded buildings: the typical one has 31.
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 Kilcoole’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Kilcoole?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Kilcoole?
Saint Patrick's Convent: the first date on its record is 1820.
Are there archaeological sites in Kilcoole?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 14 archaeological sites inside Kilcoole.
How old are the homes in Kilcoole?
2.2% 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) · 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).