RegChurch / chapel · 1785–1790Saint Caimin's Church (Kilfintinan)Main Street, MountshannonPhoto: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Saint Caimin's Church (Kilfintinan) · Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.05buildings on the National Inventory
History of Mountshannon · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mountshannon has 5 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Mountshannon: 9.4% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1735.
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
1735
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
9.4%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Mountshannon’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 Mountshannon
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Market house · 1735–1745Mountshannon Market HouseMain Street, Shannon Road, Mountshannon
Church / chapel · 1810–1815Church, The Old School HouseMain Street, Mountshannon
Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house · 1900–1910The Old RectoryShannon Road, Mountshannon
House · 1880–1900House, Main Street, Mountshannon
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in and around Mountshannon: 50%
The highest-rated include Mountshannon Market House and Saint Caimin's Church (Kilfintinan). In second place come churches and chapels, with 2. Every building on Mountshannon’s record is rated regional, none national.
Homes3
Churches and chapels2
Public 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 Mountshannon’s dated buildings come from the 16th to 18th centuries
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries2
19th century 1800–18992
1900 and later to today1
2 of the 5 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Mountshannon Market House, from 1735.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Mountshannon
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Mountshannon: 1
| The Old School HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
47% of Mountshannon’s homes were built in the 2000s
The last decade or so added 5.2% of Mountshannon’s homes, much as in most towns (5.8%). Fewer of Mountshannon’s homes than usual date from 1946 to 1980: 8.3%, against 24%. Homes built between the wars make up 5.2% of Mountshannon’s, against 3.9% in the typical town.
9.4%
Before 1919
5.2%
1919–45
8.3%
1946–80
25%
1981–2000
47%
2001–10
5.2%
Since 2011
MountshannonTypical 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
Mountshannon and its neighbours
In brief
Mountshannon in brief
More of Mountshannon’s homes are old than in most places: 9.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 5 places on the record. The oldest, Mountshannon Market House, dates from 1735.
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 Mountshannon’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Mountshannon?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Mountshannon?
Mountshannon Market House: the first date on its record is 1735.
How old are the homes in Mountshannon?
9.4% 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).