- Address
- The Square, Donabate
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 11336011
The Cottage
The Square, Donabate
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About The Cottage
The National Inventory rates The Cottage Regional, one of 18 in Donabate. The Cottage dates from 1830–1850. 9 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 11336011↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 4 historic places in about 15 minutes
Donabate · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies















- 1The CottageStart here
- 2Donabate Railway Station (station master's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3
Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on - 4The Thatch CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Newbridge HouseRegional rating (NIAH)700 mNewbridge House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH)800 m
Newbridge House (country house)National rating (NIAH)900 mNewbridge House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH)1 kmPortrane National SchoolsRegional rating (NIAH)1 km2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Houses on the record near Donabate
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Just 5.1 km away stands Swords Courthouse, in Swords. The list reaches Howth Castle in Howth, 12 km away.
Questions about The Cottage
Is The Cottage on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11336011).
Can you visit The Cottage?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was The Cottage built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1830–1850.
Is The Cottage 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.
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). 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).







