Church / chapel · 1800–1840Church, Main Street, Ballinagh
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.09buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballinagh · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballinagh has 9 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballinagh’s oldest recorded building dates from 1800. Homes from 2011 on make up 6.9% of Ballinagh’s, against 5.8% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
9
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
4.4%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Ballinagh’s buildings in 2 pictures
Look out for Philip Smith Memorial and St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church.
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 Ballinagh’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 9, by rating
9 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
9 historic places in Ballinagh
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1800–1840House, Main Street, Ballinagh
House · 1800–1840House, Main Street, Ballinagh
House · 1810–1850House, Main Street, Ballinagh
House · 1810–1850House, Main Street, Ballinagh
Market house · 1820–1825Market house, Main Street, Ballinagh
Mill (water) · 1840–1880Mill (water), Ballinagh
Surgery / clinic · 1910–1950Surgery, Ballinagh
House · 1940–1950House, Main Street, Ballinagh
What’s recorded
44% of the records in and around Ballinagh are homes
The record in Ballinagh runs as late as 1975. Second on the record: churches and chapels, 4 of them. At the top of the record: Lismore House and Lismore Lodge.
Homes11
Churches and chapels4
Walls, gates and bridges4
Mills, stations and works2
Memorials and tombs1
Public buildings1
Other buildings2
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 Ballinagh’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18997
1900 and later to today2
Archaeology and around
Just outside Ballinagh
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballinagh: 16
| Lismore HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Lismore LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| St Michael’s Roman Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| St Patrick’s Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| LismorevilleRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Crossdoney Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Philip Smith MemorialRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| St Felim's Roman Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Gate lodge, CrossdoneyRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| School, BallintempleRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Bridge, CrenardRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Lackan LowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Bridge, OghillRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Goods shed, CrenardRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Worker's house, CrenardRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Bridge, CoolnacarrickRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Most of Ballinagh’s homes went up in the 2000s: 48%
Fewer of Ballinagh’s homes than usual date from 1946 to 1980: 16%, against 24%. The typical town has 3.4% of its homes from before 1919, Ballinagh 4.4%. Homes built between the wars make up 3.3% of Ballinagh’s, about the typical 3.9%.
4.4%
Before 1919
3.3%
1919–45
16%
1946–80
21%
1981–2000
48%
2001–10
6.9%
Since 2011
BallinaghTypical 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
Ballinagh and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinagh | 1,012 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan | 11,741 | 75 | 3 | 40 |
| Ballyjamesduff | 2,917 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| Granard | 1,058 | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| Belturbet | 1,610 | 33 | 0 | 7 |
In brief
Ballinagh in brief
Old houses are part of Ballinagh’s character: 4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 9 places on the record. Of the 9 with a date, 7 come from the 19th century.
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 Ballinagh’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballinagh?
9 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballinagh?
Church, Main Street, Ballinagh: the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Ballinagh?
4.4% 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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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).