Belturbet Railway Station · Photo: JagoStudio · CC BY-SA 4.0Belturbet: 33 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Belturbet: 11% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 7 archaeological sites inside it. Its oldest building dates from 1640.
12 photographs of Belturbet’s heritage
Two to begin with: Belturbet Railway Station and Creeny Bridge. 9 recorded places in Belturbet have a photo. Of the buildings pictured in Belturbet, Creeny Bridge is the oldest, from 1810.
Creeny BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Belturbet Church (Annagh)Regional rating (NIAH)
Catholic Church of the Immaculate ConceptionRegional rating (NIAH)
Mausoleum, Belturbet Church (Annagh)Regional rating (NIAH)
Belturbet Town HallRegional rating (NIAH)+7See all photosPhotos 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.
Where Belturbet’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
33 historic places in Belturbet
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 23, A to Z
10 recorded by their type and address
10 are recorded only by their type and address: 5 homes, 2 walls, gates and bridges and 2 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
Chapel Road has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 33 records, 23 give a street address.
15% of Belturbet’s record is public buildings, against 6% nationally
Belturbet has no nationally rated building; its record is regional. 10 of the records are homes (30%). 5 records make churches and chapels the second group.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Belturbet’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 33 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Riversdale House, from 1640.
Archaeology in Belturbet
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
7 archaeological sites inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| Historic town1 record |
| Battery1 record |
| Castle - motte and bailey1 record |
| Structure1 record |
| Bastioned fort1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Just outside Belturbet: 10
| St Columba's Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Presbytery, Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| St Andrew’s Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Farm house, ClonoseyRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| House, DerrycarkRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| House, DerrycarkRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Farm house, DrumbarlomRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Bridge, BelturbetRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
The biggest share of Belturbet’s homes dates in the 2000s: 31%
Split Belturbet’s homes at 2001 and the older side is the larger. Belturbet has an unusual share of homes built between the wars: 6.2%, where most towns have 3.9%. New building is strong in Belturbet: 7.3% of homes date from 2011 on, where most towns have 5.8%.
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.
Belturbet and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belturbet | 1,610 | 33 | 0 | 7 |
| Ballyconnell | 1,422 | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| Cavan | 11,741 | 75 | 3 | 40 |
| Clones | 1,885 | 69 | 5 | 19 |
| Ballinagh | 1,012 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Belturbet in brief
More of Belturbet’s homes are old than in most places: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 33 places on the record. Of the 33 with a date, 23 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Riversdale House, from 1640.
The archaeological record adds 7 sites. Beyond that, William Edward Hearn (1826) and James Somers (1884) were born here before 1900.
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 Belturbet’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Belturbet?
33 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Belturbet?
Riversdale House: the first date on its record is 1640.
Are there archaeological sites in Belturbet?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites inside Belturbet.
How old are the homes in Belturbet?
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 and English Wikipedia for people born here · 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).