House · 1790–1810House, DristernanDristernan
Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.01building on the National Inventory
History of Gleneely · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Gleneely has 1 building on the National Inventory
History in Gleneely goes back at least to 1790, the date of its oldest recorded building. Homes from 2011 on make up 4.8% of Gleneely’s, against 5.8% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
1
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1790
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
3.6%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Gleneely’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 1, by rating
1 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
One historic place in Gleneely
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
56% of the records in and around Gleneely are homes
The runner-up group is walls, gates and bridges: 3 records. Leading the record by rating: Grouse Hall and Ballintroohan Bridge. Around Gleneely, the record goes back further, to 1720.
Homes9
Walls, gates and bridges3
Farm and estate buildings3
Churches and chapels1
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 Gleneely
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Gleneely: 15
| Grouse Hall (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Grouse Hall (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Ballintroohan BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Milltown BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Leitrim HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Falmore House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Falmore House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| All Saints Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Gleneely Church of Ireland RectoryRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| House, CorrachunnyRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| House, Carrowmore (Gleneely)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| House, EffishmoreRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Outbuilding, EffishmoreRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Bridge, AghaglassanRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Farm house, CalhameRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Gleneely’s homes dates in the 2000s: 53%
Just 13% of the homes in Gleneely went up from 1946 to 1980, short of the typical 24%. Like the typical town (3.4%), Gleneely has 3.6% of its homes from before 1919. Building between the wars gave Gleneely 3.6% of its homes, near the usual 3.9%.
3.6%
Before 1919
3.6%
1919–45
13%
1946–80
22%
1981–2000
53%
2001–10
4.8%
Since 2011
GleneelyTypical 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
Gleneely and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleneely | 243 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carndonagh | 2,768 | 32 | 0 | 17 |
| Moville | 1,390 | 54 | 0 | 3 |
| Greencastle | 1,268 | 32 | 0 | 5 |
In brief
Gleneely in brief
More of Gleneely’s homes are old than in most places: 3.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 1 place 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 Gleneely’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Gleneely?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Gleneely?
House, Dristernan: the first date on its record is 1790.
How old are the homes in Gleneely?
3.6% 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).