Christ Church (Doon) · Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0Doon has 24 buildings on the National Inventory
Doon has kept more old homes than most towns: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1790. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 2 archaeological sites inside the town.
Where Doon’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).
24 historic places in Doon
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 15, A to Z
9 recorded by their type and address
9 are recorded only by their type and address: 9 homes; most date from the 19th century.
In Doon, homes lead the record (71%)
Doon shows 4 kinds of building on its record. In second place come churches and chapels, with 3. At the top of the record: Doon Garda Síochána Station and Lysaght.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Doon’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 24 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Doon Garda Síochána Station, from 1790.
Archaeology in Doon
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 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.
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Just outside Doon: 7
| Bilboa CourtRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| ToomalineRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Kilmoylan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bilboa BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Castletown CreameryRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Carrig Beg, MoanduffRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| House, CloonluskRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
Only 3.3% of Doon’s homes were built since 2011 (5.8% is typical)
No period built more of Doon than from 1981 to 2000: 32% of its homes. A full 6.9% of the homes in Doon went up between the wars, beyond the typical 3.9%. Most of the houses in Doon today, over half, were up by 2001.
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.
Doon and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doon | 651 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| Moroe | 1,432 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| Newport | 2,183 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Tipperary | 5,387 | 112 | 0 | 12 |
Doon in brief
Old houses are part of Doon’s character: 11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 24 places on the record. Of the whole list, 71% are homes.
Of the 24 with a date, 19 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Doon Garda Síochána Station, from 1790. The rest is about typical: Hugh Ryan (1832) and John Ryan (1834) were born here before 1900; and it also has 2 archaeological 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 Doon’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Doon?
24 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Doon?
Doon Garda Síochána Station: the first date on its record is 1790.
Are there archaeological sites in Doon?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Doon.
How old are the homes in Doon?
11% 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).