Séipéal Mhuire Réalt na Mara [Catholic Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea] · Photo: Newbert12 · CC BY-SA 4.0

2buildings on the National Inventory

History of Na Forbacha · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Na Forbacha has 2 buildings on the National Inventory

History in Na Forbacha goes back at least to 1840, the date of its oldest recorded building. 1.2% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.

1840oldest record

On the National Inventory

Of national importance

NIAH National or International, and national monuments

Archaeological sites

Sites and Monuments Record

Oldest building

1840

the first date on its record

Homes built before 1919

1.2%

typical town: 3.4%

The map

Where Na Forbacha’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 2, by rating

2 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

2 historic places in Na Forbacha

Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.

Mausoleum · 1840–1880Séipéal Mhuire Réalt na Mara [Catholic Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea]Na Forbacha [Furbogh]Photo: Newbert12 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Country house · 1840–1880Carraig Mór HouseNa Forbacha [Furbogh]

Homes by age

New homes stand out in Na Forbacha: 15% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%

Of the homes in Na Forbacha now, the larger half dates from before 2001. Na Forbacha’s largest group of homes, 34%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Building between the wars fell short in Na Forbacha: 3.1%, against 3.9% in most towns.

1.2%

Before 1919

3.1%

1919–45

27%

1946–80

34%

1981–2000

21%

2001–10

15%

Since 2011

Na ForbachaTypical 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

Na Forbacha and its neighbours

Town	People	National Inventory	Archaeological sites
Na Forbacha	868	2	0
Bearna	2,336	3	9
Knocknacarra	18,398	8	24
Salthill	5,445	38	8
Rahoon	3,486	3	8
Taylor's Hill	3,141	16	5
Maigh Cuilinn	2,279	2	2

In brief

Na Forbacha in brief

The official list counts 2 places on the record in Na Forbacha. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest is Carraig Mór House, from 1840.

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 Na Forbacha’s history

How many historic buildings are recorded in Na Forbacha?

2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

What is the oldest building in Na Forbacha?

Carraig Mór House: the first date on its record is 1840.

How old are the homes in Na Forbacha?

1.2% 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).