Bank, Main Street, Green Lane, Mohill · Photo: National Library of Ireland on The Commons · Public domain

41buildings on the National Inventory

History of Mohill · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Mohill: 41 buildings on the National Inventory

Old homes stand out in Mohill: 12% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1730. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 7 archaeological sites inside the town.

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On the National Inventory

Of national importance

NIAH National or International, and national monuments

Archaeological sites

Sites and Monuments Record

Oldest building

1730

the first date on its record

Homes built before 1919

12%

typical town: 3.4%

In pictures

2 photos of Mohill’s landmarks

First come “Bank, Main Street, Green Lane, Mohill” and Lough Rynn House (country house).

Lough Rynn House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH)

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.

Regional and other sites

41 historic places in Mohill

Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.

All 23, A to Z

18 recorded by their type and address

18 are recorded only by their type and address: 11 homes, 3 churches and chapels and 2 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.

18th century1

19th century16

20th century1

See all 18 on the map

Historic streets

Main Street has the most

Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.

Main Street17 on the record

Chapel Lane4 on the record

Convent Lane4 on the record

Castle Street4 on the record

Green Road3 on the record

Hill Street3 on the record

Of the 41 records, 41 give a street address.

What’s recorded

In Mohill, churches and chapels stand out: 24% of its record, 7% nationally

All of Mohill’s recorded buildings carry a regional rating. 24 of the records are homes (59%). At the top of the record: The Castle and Bradshaw and Clarke.

Homes24

Churches and chapels10

Public buildings4

Street furniture2

Other buildings1

Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.

How old

Most of Mohill’s dated buildings come from the 19th century

Each building by the first date on its record.

1500–1799 three centuries2

19th century 1800–189933

1900 and later to today6

2 of the 41 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is The Castle, from 1730.

Archaeology and around

Archaeology in Mohill

The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:

7 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.

House - 17th century1 record

Bawn1 record

Religious house - Augustinian canons1 record

Church1 record

Graveyard1 record

Tomb - unclassified1 record

Stone head (present location)1 record

Just outside Mohill: 20

Gort HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (forge / smithy)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (stables)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town

Errew CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (boathouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (machinery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (steward's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (worker's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (office)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (stables)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town

Lough Rynn House (foot bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town

Swiss CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town

Lough Rynn House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town

Mohill Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town

Lough Rynn House (bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town

House, Errew [Mohill By.]Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town

Homes by age

Mohill has added few homes since 2011: 2.9%, where most towns have 5.8%

The homes built in Mohill since 2001 are fewer than those built before it. Against a typical 3.9%, 7.9% of Mohill’s homes went up between the wars. Mohill’s largest group of homes, 28%, went up from 1946 to 1980.

12%

Before 1919

7.9%

1919–45

28%

1946–80

26%

1981–2000

24%

2001–10

2.9%

Since 2011

MohillTypical 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.

Born here

8 notable people born in Mohill before 1900

From Patrick O'Beirne (1808) to John Hart (1879): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

Patrick O'Beirne

Thomas McHugh

John McDonald

Peter Murphy

William Henry Drummond

Patrick Bohan

Tom Dowse

John Hart

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William Henry Drummond1854–1907 · Canadian poet

John Hart1879–1957 · Canadian politician

Patrick O'Beirne1808–1883 · Irish-born priest in Archdiocese of Boston

Thomas McHugh1822–1856 · American politician in Wisconsin

John McDonald1846–1911 · Irish poet

Tom Dowse1866–1946 · American baseball player

Peter Murphy1853–1925 · Australian politician

Patrick Bohan1860–1931 · New York saloonkeeper and owner of the popular Park Row dive bar ''Th…

Everyone born in Mohill → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Mohill and its neighbours

Town	People	National Inventory	Archaeological sites
Mohill	1,027	41	7
Drumlish	1,124	7	0
Carrick-On-Shannon	4,743	57	15
Ballinamore	1,112	29	4
Drumshanbo	1,240	23	0

In brief

Mohill in brief

More of Mohill’s homes are old than in most places: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 41 places on the record. Main Street alone has 17 places on the record. Of the whole list, 59% are homes.

Of the 41 with a date, 33 come from the 19th century. The oldest is The Castle, from 1730. Of the 8 people born here before 1900, the best known include William Henry Drummond (1854), John Hart (1879) and Patrick O'Beirne (1808).

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 Mohill’s history

How many historic buildings are recorded in Mohill?

41 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

What is the oldest building in Mohill?

The Castle: the first date on its record is 1730.

Are there archaeological sites in Mohill?

Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites inside Mohill.

How old are the homes in Mohill?

12% 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 and English Wikipedia for people born here · 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).