House · 1840–1880Fionn McCumhail CottageKeshcarrigan
Photo: Wilde (1857) · Public domain2buildings on the National Inventory
History of Keshcarrigan · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Keshcarrigan has 2 buildings on the National Inventory
Keshcarrigan’s oldest recorded building dates from 1840. Homes from 2011 on make up 5.9% of Keshcarrigan’s, against 5.8% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
3.5%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Keshcarrigan’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 2, by rating
2 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
2 historic places in Keshcarrigan
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
College · 1930–1940Keshcarrigan Vocational SchoolKeshcarrigan
What’s recorded
Two groups share the top of Keshcarrigan’s record: homes and churches and chapels, 2 each
The highest-rated include Annadale House and Saint Brigid's Catholic Church. Just outside Keshcarrigan, the oldest record dates from 1740. In Keshcarrigan, every record stops at a regional rating.
Homes2
Churches and chapels2
Walls, gates and bridges1
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
Just outside Keshcarrigan
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Keshcarrigan: 4
| Annadale HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Saint Brigid's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Saint Brigid's Church (Kiltubbrid)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Letterfine, Loughscur, RoscarbanRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
Homes by age
More of Keshcarrigan’s homes date in the 2000s than from any other period: 58%
Keshcarrigan built little from 1946 to 1980: 3.5% of its homes, where most towns have 24%. Homes from before 1919 are 3.5% of Keshcarrigan’s housing, about the typical town’s 3.4%. In Keshcarrigan, 3.5% of homes date between the wars, much as in most towns (3.9%).
3.5%
Before 1919
3.5%
1919–45
3.5%
1946–80
26%
1981–2000
58%
2001–10
5.9%
Since 2011
KeshcarriganTypical 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
Keshcarrigan and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keshcarrigan | 238 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballinamore | 1,112 | 29 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohill | 1,027 | 41 | 0 | 7 |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 57 | 0 | 15 |
In brief
Keshcarrigan in brief
More of Keshcarrigan’s homes are old than in most places: 3.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 2 places on the record. The oldest, Fionn McCumhail Cottage, dates from 1840.
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 Keshcarrigan’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Keshcarrigan?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Keshcarrigan?
Fionn McCumhail Cottage: the first date on its record is 1840.
How old are the homes in Keshcarrigan?
3.5% 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).