Laghy Bridge · Photo: Thielfer · CC BY-SA 4.0Laghy has 4 buildings on the National Inventory
Laghy has kept more old homes than most towns: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1760.
Laghy in 2 photos
The set opens with Laghy Bridge and Laghy Church of Ireland Church. There are photos of 2 of Laghy’s recorded places so far. Pictured and oldest in Laghy: Laghy Bridge, 1760.
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 Laghy’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).
4 historic places in Laghy
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
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RegHomes and churches and chapels tie for the lead in Laghy’s record, 2 each
1830 brings Laghy’s record up to its newest entry. At the top of the record: Laghy Bridge and Raneany Presbyterian Church. No record in Laghy reaches national importance; they are rated regional.
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.
Just outside Laghy
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Laghy: 1
| Raneany Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
Little new building in Laghy: 2.7% of homes date from 2011 on, against 5.8%
34% of Laghy’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980, more than in any other period. Against a typical 3.9%, 5.5% of Laghy’s homes went up between the wars. Half of what Laghy lives in today was already built by 1981.
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.
Laghy and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laghy | 176 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Donegal | 2,749 | 35 | 1 | 10 |
| Ballyshannon | 2,246 | 76 | 1 | 30 |
Laghy in brief
Old houses are part of Laghy’s character: 11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 4 places on the record. The oldest is Laghy Bridge, from 1760.
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 Laghy’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Laghy?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Laghy?
Laghy Bridge: the first date on its record is 1760.
How old are the homes in Laghy?
11% 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) · 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).