Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Drumshanbo has 23 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Drumshanbo goes back at least to 1760, the date of its oldest recorded building. 5.4% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
Where Drumshanbo’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).
23 historic places in Drumshanbo
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 10, A to Z
13 recorded by their type and address
13 are recorded only by their type and address: 9 homes, 2 public buildings and 2 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.
Chapel Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 23 records, 20 give a street address.
Drumshanbo’s largest group: homes, 61% of the record
There are 5 kinds of building on Drumshanbo’s record. The runner-up group is public buildings: 3 records. Leading the record by rating: Bank of Ireland and Conway.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Drumshanbo’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 23 dated ones were built before 1800.
Just outside Drumshanbo
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Drumshanbo: 1
| Drumshanbo Railway Station (water tower)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
Drumshanbo grew fastest in the 2000s, when 45% of its homes were built
Drumshanbo added comparatively little from 1981 to 2000: 17% of its homes, the typical town 24%. Homes built since 2011 are 7% of Drumshanbo’s, about the 5.8% of the typical town. 3.4% of Drumshanbo’s homes were built between the wars, close to the typical town’s 3.9%.
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.
Drumshanbo and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 57 | 0 | 15 |
| Ballinamore | 1,112 | 29 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohill | 1,027 | 41 | 0 | 7 |
| Boyle | 2,915 | 55 | 3 | 35 |
Drumshanbo in brief
More of Drumshanbo’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 23 places on the record. Of the whole list, 61% are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 22 of 23. The oldest, Bank of Ireland, dates from 1800.
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 Drumshanbo’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Drumshanbo?
23 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Drumshanbo?
Bridge, Hill Road, Drumshanbo: the first date on its record is 1760.
How old are the homes in Drumshanbo?
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) · 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).