RegChurch / chapel · 1865–1870Saint Brigid's Catholic ChurchDrumkeeranPhoto: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.06buildings on the National Inventory
History of Drumkeeran · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Drumkeeran has 6 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Drumkeeran: 8.9% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1820.
On the National Inventory
6
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1820
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
8.9%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Old buildings of Drumkeeran
So far only Saint Brigid's Catholic Church is photographed among Drumkeeran’s recorded places.
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.
The map
Where Drumkeeran’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 6, by rating
6 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
6 historic places in Drumkeeran
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1820–1860KellyDrumkeeran
Church / chapel · 1825–1830Drumkeeran Church (Inishmagrath)Drumkeeran
Court house · 1910–1930Drumkeeran CourthouseDrumkeeran
Water pump · 1850–1890Water pump, Drumkeeran
House · 1930–1935House, Drumkeeran
What’s recorded
The record in and around Drumkeeran: homes first, at 50%
In second place come churches and chapels, with 3. Leading the record by rating: Glasdrumman House and Kelly. Beyond Drumkeeran’s edge the record is older still: 1740.
Homes4
Churches and chapels3
Street furniture1
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 Drumkeeran’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18994
1900 and later to today2
The oldest is Kelly, from 1820.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Drumkeeran
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Drumkeeran: 2
| Glasdrumman HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Creevelea Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Few of Drumkeeran’s homes are newer than 2011: 0.7%, against 5.8%
Of the homes in Drumkeeran now, the larger half dates from before 2001. No period built more of Drumkeeran than in the 2000s: 40% of its homes. Homes dated between the wars are scarcer in Drumkeeran than in most towns: 2.2%, against 3.9%.
8.9%
Before 1919
2.2%
1919–45
19%
1946–80
29%
1981–2000
40%
2001–10
0.7%
Since 2011
DrumkeeranTypical 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
Drumkeeran and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumkeeran | 287 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Manorhamilton | 1,667 | 29 | 0 | 6 |
In brief
Drumkeeran in brief
Old houses are part of Drumkeeran’s character: 8.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 6 places on the record. Of the 6 with a date, 4 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Kelly, from 1820.
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 Drumkeeran’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Drumkeeran?
6 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Drumkeeran?
Kelly: the first date on its record is 1820.
How old are the homes in Drumkeeran?
8.9% 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).