Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Killygordon: 12 buildings on the National Inventory
Killygordon’s oldest recorded building dates from 1760. Homes from 2011 on make up 2.5% of Killygordon’s, against 5.8% in the typical town.
Killygordon in pictures
So far only Killygordon Bridge is photographed among Killygordon’s recorded places.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Where Killygordon’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).
12 historic places in Killygordon
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegThe record in Killygordon starts with homes, at 50%
Its buildings rate regional: Killygordon has none of national importance. 4 records make walls, gates and bridges the second group. Leading the record by rating: Killygordon Bridge and Saint Anne's Church (Donaghmore).
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Killygordon’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 12 dated ones were built before 1800.
Just outside Killygordon
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Killygordon: 14
| Berwick Hall (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Berwick Hall (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Killygordon House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Killygordon House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Liscooly BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| J. DavisRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Cavan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Kilcaddan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Kiltown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Donaghmore Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Drumore, MonellanRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bridge, NewmillsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Outbuilding, MounthallRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, MeenlougherRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
Killygordon grew fastest in the 2000s, when 44% of its homes were built
Of the homes in Killygordon now, the larger half dates from before 2001. Like the typical town (3.4%), Killygordon has 3.3% of its homes from before 1919. Against a typical 3.9%, only 2.9% of Killygordon’s homes went up between the wars.
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.
Killygordon and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killygordon | 716 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballybofey-Stranorlar | 5,406 | 27 | 0 | 8 |
| Convoy | 1,702 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| Raphoe | 1,161 | 27 | 0 | 14 |
| Lifford | 1,613 | 19 | 1 | 9 |
| Letterkenny | 22,549 | 81 | 0 | 42 |
Killygordon in brief
Killygordon has 12 places on the record. Of the whole list, 50% are homes. Of the 12 with a date, 8 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Killygordon Bridge, from 1780. Its homes are mostly newer: 3.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
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 Killygordon’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Killygordon?
12 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Killygordon?
Bridge, Cross Roads: the first date on its record is 1760.
How old are the homes in Killygordon?
3.3% 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).