Outbuilding · 1800–1840Tassagart HouseChurch Road, Saggart
Photo: Ian Paterson · CC BY-SA 2.09buildings on the National Inventory
History of Saggart · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Saggart: 9 buildings on the National Inventory
Saggart is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, which lists 15 archaeological sites inside it. Of its homes, 0.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1760. Saggart has 20 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
9
20 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
15
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1760
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.5%
typical town: 3.4%
Through time
Saggart in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
c. 1900From 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.
The map
Where Saggart’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 9, by rating
9 Regional and other sites
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).
Regional and other sites
9 historic places in Saggart
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Dam / reservoir / basin · 1760–1800Dam, Saggart
House · 1830–1850House, Saggart
Water pump · 1850–1880Water pump, Saggart
Graveyard / cemetery · 1870–1890Graveyard, Saggart
House · 1870–1890House, Saggart
House · 1870–1900House, Saggart
Post box · 1950–1970Post box, Saggart
Post box · 1970–1985Post box, Saggart
What’s recorded
In Saggart, homes and street furniture are level at 3 each
Regional importance is the highest rating any of Saggart’s buildings holds. Counted by type, Saggart’s record runs to 6 kinds of building. The record in Saggart comes up to 1970 at its newest.
Homes3
Street furniture3
Churches and chapels1
Farm and estate buildings1
Walls, gates and bridges1
Other buildings1
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.
How old
Most of Saggart’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries1
19th century 1800–18996
1900 and later to today2
1 of the 9 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Saggart
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
15 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.
| Cross3 records |
| Castle - tower house2 records |
| Field system1 record |
| Historic town1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Cross-slab1 record |
| Architectural fragment1 record |
| Stone head1 record |
| Ecclesiastical site1 record |
| Font1 record |
Just outside Saggart: 1
| Bridge, Saggart, SladeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Saggart has more new homes than most: 20% since 2011, against 5.8%
Only 2.5% of Saggart’s homes were built between the wars, less than the typical town’s 3.9%. Saggart built little from 1946 to 1980: 6.7% of its homes, where most towns have 24%. Against a typical 25%, 59% of Saggart’s homes went up in the 2000s.
0.5%
Before 1919
2.5%
1919–45
6.7%
1946–80
11%
1981–2000
59%
2001–10
20%
Since 2011
SaggartTypical town
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.
Neighbours
Saggart and its neighbours
In brief
Saggart in brief
The official list counts 9 places on the record in Saggart. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 6 of 9. The oldest, Tassagart House, dates from 1800.
Its homes are mostly newer: 0.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 15 archaeological sites on the record. Beyond that, it has 9 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 31); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
How to read these numbers
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 Saggart’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Saggart?
9 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Saggart?
Dam, Saggart: the first date on its record is 1760.
Are there archaeological sites in Saggart?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 15 archaeological sites inside Saggart.
How old are the homes in Saggart?
0.5% 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.
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).