Church / chapel · 1840–1915Saint Patrick's Church (Tullaghobegly)An Bun Beag [Bunbeg]
Photo: Darren J. Prior · CC BY 4.05buildings on the National Inventory
History of An Bun Beag · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
An Bun Beag: 5 buildings on the National Inventory
History in An Bun Beag goes back at least to 1820, the date of its oldest recorded building. Of its homes, 5.9% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
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
1820
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
5.9%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where An Bun Beag’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 An Bun Beag
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Bridge · 1860–1880Droichead na Cláidí [Clady Bridge]An Bun Beag [Bunbeg]
Officer's house · 1890–1895Bunbeg Coastguard StationAn Bun Beag [Bunbeg]
Watch tower · 1820–1850Watch tower, An Bun Beag [Bunbeg]
House · 1860–1880House, Na Machaireacha [Middletown]
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in and around An Bun Beag: 50%
In and around An Bun Beag, the earliest date on the record is 1780. Second on the record: walls, gates and bridges, 2 of them. At the top of the record: Heath Cottage and Saint Patrick's Church (Tullaghobegly).
Homes4
Walls, gates and bridges2
Churches and chapels1
Other 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.
Archaeology and around
Just outside An Bun Beag
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside An Bun Beag: 3
| Heath CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| House, CarnboyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Quay, An Bun Beag [Bunbeg]Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
More of An Bun Beag’s homes date from 1946 to 1980 than from any other period: 33%
Homes built between the wars make up 5.2% of An Bun Beag’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. New building in An Bun Beag runs at the usual pace: 6.2% of homes date from 2011 on, the typical town 5.8%. Before 2001, An Bun Beag had already built more than half of the homes it has now.
5.9%
Before 1919
5.2%
1919–45
33%
1946–80
26%
1981–2000
25%
2001–10
6.2%
Since 2011
An Bun BeagTypical 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
An Bun Beag and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Bun Beag | 749 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| An Clochán Liath | 1,247 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
In brief
An Bun Beag in brief
More of An Bun Beag’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 5 places on the record. The oldest is Saint Patrick's Church (Tullaghobegly), from 1840. The rest is about typical: most dated ones come from the 19th century.
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 An Bun Beag’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in An Bun Beag?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in An Bun Beag?
Watch tower, An Bun Beag [Bunbeg]: the first date on its record is 1820.
How old are the homes in An Bun Beag?
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) · 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).