weir — Straffan

The record classifies weir — Straffan as weir. It does not safely state the first owner's purpose beyond that use, so this first account does not borrow a story from a namesake.

No architect, builder, owner, worker or resident is named in the saved wording. Those people remain unknown until the linked official record or another source identifies them.

The saved wording does not establish particular rebuilding, extensions, damage or changes of use. No visible feature is assigned a date without supporting evidence.

The public record still identifies the place as weir. Its saved point marks the building or centre of its recorded area, but the stock wording does not provide a room-by-room condition report.

weir — Straffan matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This weir and associated sluice gate/hydraulic dam are of considerable technical interest, having been constructed to regulate the flow of the current of the River Liffey to accommodate a mill pond nearby. The structures are therefore also of some historical and social interest, attesting to the former presence of a small-scale industrial complex in the locality. Viewed from Straffan Bridge to the south-east the presence of the structures has a picturesque effect on the river. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.