Kavanagh Monument
Also known as Kavanagh Memorial Fountain
Main Street, Borris
About Kavanagh Monument
Kavanagh Monument is one of 21 buildings in Borris the National Inventory rates Regional. Kavanagh Monument dates from 1890–1900. 16 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 10400806↗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 15 minutes
Borris · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Kavanagh MonumentStart here
- 2Drohan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3D.J. DolanRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 4
Catholic Church of the Sacred HeartRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on - 5Borris House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Borris Railway Station (station master's house)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mBorris Railway Station (store / warehouse)Regional rating (NIAH)300 m
Borris House (country house)National rating (NIAH)300 m
Borris Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)300 mJ. DaltonRegional rating (NIAH)400 m6 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Memorials on the record near Borris
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Just 14 km away stands “Fountain, Stroan”, in Thomastown. At the edge of the list, 32 km away: Edmund Ignatius Rice Monument, Callan.
Questions about Kavanagh Monument
Is Kavanagh Monument on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 10400806).
Can you visit Kavanagh Monument?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Kavanagh Monument built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1900.
Is Kavanagh Monument 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).
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