Chetwynd Viaduct · Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Inishkenny: 11 buildings on the National Inventory
Inishkenny’s oldest recorded building dates from 1800. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 27 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Inishkenny has 20 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48. Of its homes, 1.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Where Inishkenny’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).
11 historic places in Inishkenny
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegIn Inishkenny, homes lead the record (36%)
All told, 4 kinds of building appear on Inishkenny’s record. The next biggest group is walls, gates and bridges, 3 in all. At the top of the record: Castlewhite and Chetwynd Viaduct.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Inishkenny’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
The oldest is Castlewhite, from 1800.
Archaeology in Inishkenny
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.
| Fulacht fia13 records |
| Burnt mound2 records |
| Ritual site - holy well2 records |
| Castle - unclassified2 records |
| Enclosure2 records |
| Excavation - miscellaneous1 record |
| Habitation site1 record |
| Moated site1 record |
| Armorial plaque (present location)1 record |
| Railway bridge1 record |
| Country house1 record |
Since 2011, building in Inishkenny has been slow: 3.1% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
Homes built between the wars make up just 1% of Inishkenny’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. 56% of Inishkenny’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 24%. Building in the 2000s fell short in Inishkenny: 15%, against 25% in most towns.
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.
Inishkenny and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| Lehenagh | 4,154 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | 27 | 0 | 20 |
| Togher | 3,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasheen | 5,981 | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 129 | 7 | 39 |
| Turner's Cross | 7,208 | 85 | 1 | 1 |
Inishkenny in brief
Inishkenny has 11 places on the record. Of the 11 with a date, 9 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Castlewhite, from 1800.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 27 sites. The rest is about typical: it has 11 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 41); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Inishkenny’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Inishkenny?
11 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Inishkenny?
Castlewhite: the first date on its record is 1800.
Are there archaeological sites in Inishkenny?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 27 archaeological sites inside Inishkenny.
How old are the homes in Inishkenny?
1.4% 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.
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 (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).