Market house · 1820–1840The Market HouseBlacklion
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.02buildings on the National Inventory
History of Blacklion · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Blacklion: 2 buildings on the National Inventory
Blacklion’s oldest recorded building dates from 1820. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
1
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1820
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
5.9%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Blacklion, pictured
The photo shows Calf House, one of Blacklion’s recorded places.
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 Blacklion’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 2, by rating
2 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
2 historic places in Blacklion
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1860–1865Olive GroveBlacklion
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in and around Blacklion: 63%
Among the highest-rated: The Market House and Killinagh House. The runner-up group is churches and chapels: 3 records. Every building on Blacklion’s record is rated regional, none national.
Homes5
Churches and chapels3
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.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Blacklion
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Ringfort - unclassified1 record |
Just outside Blacklion: 7
| Calf HouseArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Killinagh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Tuam HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Blacklion Methodist ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Killinagh ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| House, BlacklionRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Blacklion has an old housing stock: 5.9% predates 1919, the norm is 3.4%
Building from 1981 to 2000 went further in Blacklion than in most towns: 35%, against 24%. In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Blacklion only 1.5%. Just 10% of the homes in Blacklion went up from 1946 to 1980, short of the typical 24%.
5.9%
Before 1919
1.5%
1919–45
10%
1946–80
35%
1981–2000
41%
2001–10
5.9%
Since 2011
BlacklionTypical 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.
In brief
Blacklion in brief
More of Blacklion’s homes are old than in most places: 5.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 2 places on the record. The oldest is The Market House, from 1820. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has an archaeological site.
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 Blacklion’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Blacklion?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Blacklion?
The Market House: the first date on its record is 1820.
Are there archaeological sites in Blacklion?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Blacklion.
How old are the homes in Blacklion?
5.9% 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).