Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0Shannon: 27 archaeological sites on the record
0.2% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. No building in Shannon is on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
typical town: 48
Archaeology in Shannon
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
27 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.
| Enclosure5 records |
| Excavation - miscellaneous4 records |
| Fulacht fia3 records |
| Standing stone2 records |
| Road - road/trackway2 records |
| Pit-burial2 records |
| Earthwork1 record |
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Field system1 record |
| Burnt mound1 record |
| Habitation site1 record |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Burial1 record |
| Furnace1 record |
| Metalworking site1 record |
Just outside Shannon: 5
| Ballycunneen HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Catholic Church of Our Lady of the WellsRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Saint Conaire's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| TigínRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Shannon AirportRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
More of Shannon’s homes date from 1946 to 1980 than from any other period: 49%
Shannon’s newest homes, from 2011 or later, are 4.4%, below the usual 5.8%. Fewer of Shannon’s homes than usual date between the wars: 0.3%, against 3.9%. Before 2001, Shannon had already built more than half of the homes it has now.
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.
Shannon and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | 10,256 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sixmilebridge | 2,832 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Askeaton | 1,236 | 23 | 2 | 18 |
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 86 | 1 | 10 |
Shannon in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 0.2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 27 archaeological sites on the record.
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 Shannon’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Shannon?
0 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Are there archaeological sites in Shannon?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 27 archaeological sites inside Shannon.
How old are the homes in Shannon?
0.2% 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) · 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).