House · 1780–1820House, Ballindrait
2buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballindrait · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballindrait: 2 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Ballindrait: 13% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1780.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1780
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Ballindrait’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 Ballindrait
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1900–1920House, Ballindrait
What’s recorded
The record in and around Ballindrait: homes first, at 46%
In Ballindrait, every record stops at a regional rating. The second-largest group on the record is farm and estate buildings, with 2. Two of the highest-rated records are Cavanacor House and Ballindrait Bridge.
Homes6
Farm and estate buildings2
Walls, gates and bridges1
Churches and chapels1
Mills, stations and works1
Street furniture1
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 Ballindrait
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballindrait: 11
| Cavanacor HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Ballindrait BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| GuystownRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Ballindrait Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Ballindrait WindmillRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Outbuilding, ToberoneillRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, MoneenRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Water pump, BallindraitRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| House, Drumnaha (Clonleigh South)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Outbuilding, BallindraitRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Goods shed, BallindraitRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Ballindrait grew fastest in the 2000s, when 33% of its homes were built
Homes dated from 1981 to 2000 are scarcer in Ballindrait than in most towns: 13%, against 24%. Building between the wars left Ballindrait with 15% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. From 2011 on, Ballindrait built 5% of its homes, near the typical 5.8%.
13%
Before 1919
15%
1919–45
23%
1946–80
13%
1981–2000
33%
2001–10
5%
Since 2011
BallindraitTypical 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
Ballindrait and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballindrait | 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lifford | 1,613 | 19 | 1 | 9 |
| Raphoe | 1,161 | 27 | 0 | 14 |
| Convoy | 1,702 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| Ballybofey-Stranorlar | 5,406 | 27 | 0 | 8 |
| Newtowncunningham | 1,192 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Letterkenny | 22,549 | 81 | 0 | 42 |
In brief
Ballindrait in brief
Old houses are part of Ballindrait’s character: 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 2 places on the record.
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 Ballindrait’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballindrait?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballindrait?
House, Ballindrait: the first date on its record is 1780.
How old are the homes in Ballindrait?
13% 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).