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Regional rating (NIAH)
1830–1870
Address
71 Main Street, Portlaoise
Type
House
NIAH reg. no.
12506244
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Whelan

71 Main Street, Portlaoise

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 179 rated Regional in Portlaoise
HHouseBBuilt 1830–1870
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Whelan

Whelan is one of 179 buildings in Portlaoise the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Whelan to 1830–1870. 137 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

A curiously narrow building that shares its roof with the adjoining building to the west. It may originally have formed part of a larger building, although the window hights don't line up.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 12506244 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 12506244↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Portlaoise · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1WhelanStart here
  2. 2Scoil na gCeardRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Fort of MaryboroughNational rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Sacred Heart Primary SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Ramsbottom and SonsRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
MaryvilleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSaint Peter's ChurchNational rating (NIAH)300 mFitzpatrickRegional rating (NIAH)300 mPortlaoise Methodist ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 mPortlaoise Garda Síochána Station (guard house)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mPortlaoise Garda Síochána Station (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

44 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegHouse, 72 Main Street, Portlaoise5 mRegHouse, 70 Main Street, Portlaoise5 mRegHouse, 73 Main Street, Portlaoise12 mRegBank, 38-39 Main Street, Portlaoise21 mRegHouse, 37 Main Street, Portlaoise26 mRegHouse, 36 Main Street, Portlaoise30 mNatPortlaoise Courthouse35 mRegHouse, 66 Main Street, Portlaoise42 mRegHouse, 65 Main Street, Portlaoise53 mRegHouse, 33 Main Street, Railway Street, Portlaoise53 mRegHouse, 78 Main Street, Portlaoise55 mRegHouse, 32 Main Street, Portlaoise59 mRegHouse, 63 Main Street, Portlaoise62 mRegDunamaise Arts Centre63 mRegHouse, 79 Main Street, Portlaoise63 mRegHouse, 31 Main Street, Portlaoise64 mRegHouse, 80 Main Street, Portlaoise69 mRegHouse, 27 Church Street, Portlaoise71 m
Show the other 26
RegHouse, 62 Main Street, Portlaoise71 mRegHotel, 30 Main Street, Portlaoise72 mRegHouse, 26 Church Street, Portlaoise74 mRegHouse, 25 Church Street, Portlaoise77 mRegMedical Hall80 mRegHouse, 24 Church Street, Portlaoise83 mRegGraveyard, Railway Street, Portlaoise85 mRegHouse, 82 Main Street, Portlaoise85 mRegHouse, 23 Church Street, Portlaoise88 mRegOffice, Church Street, Portlaoise88 mRegChurch, Railway Street, Portlaoise99 mRegPost office, 27 Main Street, Portlaoise100 mRegHouse, 26 Main Street, Portlaoise109 mRegHouse, 58 Main Street, Portlaoise111 mRegHouse, 86 Main Street, Portlaoise114 mRegHouse, 24-25 Main Street, Portlaoise118 mRegScoil na gCeard124 mRegShop, 23 Main Street, Church Avenue, Portlaoise134 mRegHouse, 52-53 Main Street, Portlaoise135 mRegHouse, Church Street, Portlaoise138 mRegOutbuilding, Bank of Ireland141 mRegHouse, 10 Kellyville Park, Portlaoise143 mRegHouse, Church Street, Portlaoise143 mRegHouse, 13 Market Square, Portlaoise145 mRegHouse, 54 Main Street, Portlaoise145 mRegHouse, 9 Kellyville Park, Portlaoise148 m
More like it

Recorded houses around Portlaoise

All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Just 14 km away stands Abbeyleix Courthouse, in Abbeyleix. The list reaches “Worker's house, 4 Florence Terrace, Kilkenny Street” in Castlecomer, 26 km away.

Abbeyleix CourthouseAbbeyleix · 14 km away
Heywood HouseBallinakill · 16 km away
White CastleAthy · 22 km away
House, The Green, GeashillGeashill · 22 km away
House, The Green, GeashillGeashill · 22 km away
Kilmorony HouseBallyroe · 24 km away
Castlecomer HouseCastlecomer · 26 km away
Worker's house, 4 Florence Terrace, Kilkenny Street, CastlecomerCastlecomer · 26 km away

Questions about Whelan

Is Whelan on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 12506244).

Can you visit Whelan?

Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

When was Whelan built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1830–1870.

Is Whelan 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).