Survey Data
Reg No
22811028
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Cultural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Handball alley
In Use As
Handball alley
Date
1925 - 1935
Coordinates
236831, 97827
Date Recorded
01/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding mass-concrete handball alley, c.1930, on a rectangular plan. Road fronted with tarmacadam verge to front.
Appraisal
This handball alley, which remains in use, is of significance as part of the cultural nation-building of the early Irish Republic. The handball alley is also of some vernacular importance, being a building type indigenous to Ireland. The construction in early-mass concrete is of some technical merit, and the handball alley forms a distinctive feature on the side of the road.