Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Glenties has 17 buildings on the National Inventory
Glenties has kept more old homes than most towns: 7.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1840. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 1 archaeological site inside the town.
Glenties in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
1890sFrom Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Glenties’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).
17 historic places in Glenties
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 12, A to Z
5 recorded by their type and address
5 are recorded only by their type and address: 3 homes, 1 inns, shops and warehouses and 1 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.
59% of Glenties’s recorded buildings are homes
The next biggest group is churches and chapels, 2 in all. Among the highest-rated: Glenties Court House and Glenties Church of Ireland Church. In Glenties, every record stops at a regional rating.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Glenties’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
The oldest is Glenties Court House, from 1840.
Archaeology in Glenties
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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.
| Standing stone1 record |
Just outside Glenties: 6
| Mausoleum, DrumnasillaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| House, MullanmoreRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Bridge, An Srath Buí (Tc na Gleannta)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| House, Kilrean UpperRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| House, LetterillyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Bridge, An Srath Buí (Tc na Gleannta)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
Glenties grew fastest from 1946 to 1980, when 32% of its homes were built
Building since 2011 in Glenties, 4.7% of its homes, keeps pace with the norm of 5.8%. In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Glenties, 5.7%. Of the homes in Glenties now, the larger half dates from before 2001.
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.
3 notable people born in Glenties before 1900
From Edward MacDevitt (1845) to Patrick MacGill (1889): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Glenties → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Glenties and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenties | 927 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| An Clochán Liath | 1,247 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Donegal | 2,749 | 35 | 1 | 10 |
Glenties in brief
Old houses are part of Glenties’s character: 7.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 17 places on the record. Of the whole list, 59% are homes. Of the 17 with a date, 14 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Glenties Court House, from 1840.
Patrick O'Donnell (1856), Patrick MacGill (1889) and Edward MacDevitt (1845) were all born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has an archaeological site.
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 Glenties’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Glenties?
17 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Glenties?
Glenties Court House: the first date on its record is 1840.
Are there archaeological sites in Glenties?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Glenties.
How old are the homes in Glenties?
7.5% 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 and English Wikipedia for people born here · 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).