- Address
- Monastery Road, Doon
- Type
- Monastery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21809034
Saint Fintan's Monastery
Monastery Road, Doon
About Saint Fintan's Monastery
Saint Fintan's Monastery is one of 24 buildings in Doon the National Inventory rates Regional. Saint Fintan's Monastery dates from 1870–1890. 20 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This monastery is a notable example of late nineteenth-century ecclesiastical architecture. It form with projecting gable-fronted end bays is typical of structures such as this.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21809034 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21809034↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Doon · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
Near Doon: more churches on the record
Just 9 km away stands Catholic Church of Our Lady of Visitation, in Rear Cross. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. The farthest is Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Castleconnell, 21 km away.
Questions about Saint Fintan's Monastery
Is Saint Fintan's Monastery on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21809034).
Can you visit Saint Fintan's Monastery?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Saint Fintan's Monastery built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1870–1890.
Is Saint Fintan's Monastery 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.
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). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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