Saint Patrick's Catholic Church · Photo: Jonjobaker · CC BY-SA 4.0Donabate has 18 buildings on the National Inventory
Donabate’s oldest recorded building dates from 1750. Of its homes, 1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 11 archaeological sites. Donabate has 19 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
5 photographs of Donabate’s heritage
Look out for Saint Patrick's Catholic Church and Donabate Railway Station (signal box). 3 recorded places in Donabate have a photo. Go back furthest in Donabate with Saint Patrick's Church (Donabate): 1750.
Donabate Railway Station (signal box)Regional rating (NIAH)
Saint Patrick's Church (Donabate)Regional rating (NIAH)
Newbridge House (country house)National rating (NIAH)
Newbridge HouseRegional rating (NIAH)+1See all photosPhotos 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 Donabate’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).
18 historic places in Donabate
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 13, A to Z
5 recorded by their type and address
5 are recorded only by their type and address: 3 street furniture, 1 walls, gates and bridges and 1 churches and chapels; most date from the 19th century.
Turvey Avenue has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 18 records, 17 give a street address.
44% of Donabate’s recorded buildings are homes
Regional importance is the highest rating any of Donabate’s buildings holds. The next biggest group is churches and chapels, 3 in all. Among the highest-rated: Saint Patrick's Church and The Thatch Cottage.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Donabate’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 18 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Saint Patrick's Church (Donabate), from 1750.
Archaeology in Donabate
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
11 archaeological sites 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.
| Structure3 records |
| Excavation - miscellaneous2 records |
| Church1 record |
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Wall monument (present location)1 record |
| Habitation site1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
Just outside Donabate: 11
| Newbridge House (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Newbridge House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Newbridge HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Kilcrea HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Newbridge House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Newbridge House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Newbridge HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Corballis HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| House, Hearse Road, DonabateRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Bridge, KilcreaRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Water pump, Turvey AvenueRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
New homes stand out in Donabate: 27% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%
37% of Donabate’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000, more than in any other period. Only 0.8% of Donabate’s homes were built between the wars, less than the typical town’s 3.9%. Donabate added comparatively little from 1946 to 1980: 2.9% of its homes, the typical town 24%.
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.
Donabate and its neighbours
Donabate in brief
The official list counts 18 places on the record in Donabate. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 15 of 18. The oldest, Saint Patrick's Church (Donabate), dates from 1750.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 11 archaeological sites on the record. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 18 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 18); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Charles Cobbe (1686) and Denis Cullen (1878) were born here before 1900.
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 Donabate’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Donabate?
18 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Donabate?
Saint Patrick's Church (Donabate): the first date on its record is 1750.
Are there archaeological sites in Donabate?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 11 archaeological sites inside Donabate.
How old are the homes in Donabate?
1% 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 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).