RegChurch / chapel · 1835–1840Saint James's Catholic ChurchBushy ParkPhoto: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Saint James's Catholic Church · Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Rahoon · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Rahoon has 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Of its homes, 0.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1730. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites. Rahoon has 8.6 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
3
8.6 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
8
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1730
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.8%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Rahoon’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 3, by rating
3 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
3 historic places in Rahoon
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
Rahoon and its edges: homes first, 67%
Leading the record by rating: Bushypark House and Glenlo Abbey. Rated by importance, Rahoon’s buildings are all regional. The record in Rahoon runs as late as 1835.
Homes4
Churches and chapels1
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.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Rahoon
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
8 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.
| Enclosure3 records |
| Barrow - unclassified1 record |
| House - 18th/19th century1 record |
| Children's burial ground1 record |
| Bullaun stone1 record |
| Dovecote1 record |
Just outside Rahoon: 3
| Glenlo Abbey (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Glenlo AbbeyRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Killeen HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
Homes by age
12% of Rahoon’s homes are newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Fewer of Rahoon’s homes than usual date from 1946 to 1980: 15%, against 24%. Few of Rahoon’s homes date between the wars: 0.6%, the norm 3.9%. Rahoon’s largest group of homes, 42%, went up from 1981 to 2000.
0.8%
Before 1919
0.6%
1919–45
15%
1946–80
42%
1981–2000
30%
2001–10
12%
Since 2011
RahoonTypical 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
Rahoon and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahoon | 3,486 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Dangan | 4,621 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 4,032 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Taylor's Hill | 3,141 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| Salthill | 5,445 | 38 | 0 | 8 |
| Knocknacarra | 18,398 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | 4,948 | 120 | 6 | 59 |
In brief
Rahoon in brief
Rahoon has 3 places on the record. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 8 sites. The oldest, Bushypark House, dates from 1730. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 3 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 11).
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 Rahoon’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rahoon?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Rahoon?
Bushypark House: the first date on its record is 1730.
Are there archaeological sites in Rahoon?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 8 archaeological sites inside Rahoon.
How old are the homes in Rahoon?
0.8% 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.
History is described here, not graded.
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).