Creevelea Friary · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Dromahair has 15 buildings on the National Inventory
Dromahair’s oldest recorded building dates from 1780. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 6 archaeological sites inside the town.
2 photos of Dromahair’s landmarks
Go back furthest in Dromahair with Dromahair Church (Drumlease): 1805. The set opens with Dromahair Church (Drumlease) and Creevelea Friary.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Where Dromahair’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
15 historic places in Dromahair
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 8, A to Z
7 recorded by their type and address
7 are recorded only by their type and address: 4 street furniture, 1 walls, gates and bridges and 1 homes; most date from the 19th century.
The record in Dromahair starts with homes, at 40%
Across its record, Dromahair takes in 6 kinds of building. Ireland as a whole has more homes than Dromahair: 62% of its record. 4 records make street furniture the second group.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Dromahair’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 15 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is The Lodge, from 1780.
Archaeology in Dromahair
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
6 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.
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| House - fortified house1 record |
| Bawn1 record |
| Gateway1 record |
| Standing stone1 record |
| Castle - hall-house1 record |
Just outside Dromahair: 11
| Creevelea FriaryNational monument to visit · 100 m outside the town |
| Drumlease Glebe HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Dromahair Railway Station (worker's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Dromahair Railway Station (locomotive shed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Dromahair Railway Station (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Dromahair Railway Station (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Dromahair CreameryRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| W.H. Parke and SonRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Dromahair Railway Station (station master's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| House, CorruddaRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
5.4% of Dromahair’s homes are older than 1919, against a usual 3.4%
Building in the 2000s went further in Dromahair than in most towns: 61%, against 25%. Dromahair built little between the wars: 1.1% of its homes, where most towns have 3.9%. Since 2011 Dromahair has added 3.3% of its homes, less than the typical town’s 5.8%.
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.
Dromahair and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dromahair | 939 | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| Manorhamilton | 1,667 | 29 | 0 | 6 |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 304 | 15 | 74 |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
Dromahair in brief
More of Dromahair’s homes are old than in most places: 5.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 15 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 12 of 15. The oldest, The Lodge, dates from 1780. The archaeological record adds 6 sites.
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 Dromahair’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Dromahair?
15 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Dromahair?
Mill (water), Dromahair: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Dromahair?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 6 archaeological sites inside Dromahair.
How old are the homes in Dromahair?
5.4% 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).