RegChurch / chapel · 1790–1810All Saints' Church (Fennagh)FennaghPhoto: liam murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Photo: liam murphy · CC BY-SA 2.05buildings on the National Inventory
History of Fennagh · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Fennagh has 5 buildings on the National Inventory
Fennagh has kept more old homes than most towns: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1790.
On the National Inventory
5
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1790
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
11%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Fennagh through 2 photographs
All Saints' Church (Fennagh), dated 1790, is the oldest pictured in Fennagh. The set opens with All Saints' Church (Fennagh) and Saint Patrick's Catholic Church.
All Saints' Church (Fennagh)Regional rating (NIAH)
Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Fennagh’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 5, by rating
5 Regional and other sites
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).
Regional and other sites
5 historic places in Fennagh
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Milestone / milepost · 1790–1820Milestone, Fennagh
Worker's house · 1855–1860Worker's house, 1-6, Fennagh
Worker's house · 1860–1865Worker's house, 16-21, Fennagh
Worker's house · 1860–1865Worker's house, 7-15, Fennagh
What’s recorded
Fennagh and its edges: homes first, 67%
From one type to the next, Fennagh’s record lists 4 kinds of building. Second on the record: churches and chapels, 3 of them. Two of the highest-rated records are God's Acre and Janeville.
Homes10
Churches and chapels3
Street furniture1
Farm and estate buildings1
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.
How old
Most of Fennagh’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries2
19th century 1800–18993
1900 and later to today0
2 of the 5 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is All Saints' Church (Fennagh), from 1790.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Fennagh
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Fennagh: 10
| God's AcreRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| JanevilleRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Mountpleasant HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Fenagh House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Fenagh House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Ballydarton HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| LumcloonRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Upton HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Kilconner HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
Homes by age
More of Fennagh’s homes date in the 2000s than from any other period: 59%
Building from 1981 to 2000 fell short in Fennagh: 9%, against 24% in most towns. Only 12% of Fennagh’s homes were built from 1946 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 24%. Fennagh’s newest homes, from 2011 or later, are 5.6%, roughly the usual 5.8%.
11%
Before 1919
3.5%
1919–45
12%
1946–80
9%
1981–2000
59%
2001–10
5.6%
Since 2011
FennaghTypical town
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.
Neighbours
Fennagh and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fennagh | 479 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) | 2,945 | 18 | 0 | 13 |
| Tullow | 5,138 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Carlow | 27,351 | 6 | 1 | 31 |
| Bunclody | 2,053 | 57 | 1 | 1 |
In brief
Fennagh in brief
More of Fennagh’s homes are old than in most places: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 5 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 3 of 5. The oldest, All Saints' Church (Fennagh), dates from 1790.
How to read these numbers
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 Fennagh’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Fennagh?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Fennagh?
All Saints' Church (Fennagh): the first date on its record is 1790.
How old are the homes in Fennagh?
11% 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.
History is described here, not graded.
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).