- Address
- 39 Main Street, Rathdrum
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 16318022
The Old Barracks
39 Main Street, Rathdrum
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About The Old Barracks
The Old Barracks is one of 39 buildings in Rathdrum the National Inventory rates Regional. The Old Barracks dates from 1810–1830. 38 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This house is one of the best preserved and memorable domestic properties within Rathdrum, and of considerable benefit to the streetscape.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 16318022 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 16318022↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Rathdrum · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1The Old BarracksStart here
- 2HudsonsRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Bryn AvonRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Parnell MonumentRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5
Rathdrum Railway Station (hotel)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Rathdrum BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)600 mRathdrum MillsRegional rating (NIAH)600 m17 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded houses around Rathdrum
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. The nearest is The Old Courthouse in Avoca, 8.3 km away. At the edge of the list, 16 km away: Abercorn Masonic Lodge, Arklow.
Questions about The Old Barracks
Is The Old Barracks on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 16318022).
Can you visit The Old Barracks?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was The Old Barracks built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1830.
Is The Old Barracks 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.
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). 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).