Photo: Darrin Antrobus · CC BY-SA 2.0Granard has 28 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Granard: 11% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 5 archaeological sites inside it. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1740.
Granard in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
1905From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Granard’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).
28 historic places in Granard
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 16, A to Z
12 recorded by their type and address
12 are recorded only by their type and address: 9 homes, 2 street furniture and 1 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Main Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 28 records, 26 give a street address.
The record in Granard starts with homes, at 57%
There are 7 kinds of building on Granard’s record. Nationally, churches and chapels are 7% of the record; in Granard they are 18%. At the top of the record: Saint Patrick's Church and Granard Market House.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Granard’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
4 of the 28 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Saint Patrick's Church (Granard), from 1740.
Archaeology in Granard
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
5 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.
| Historic town1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Battlefield1 record |
Just outside Granard: 27
| Granard Motte and Bailey CastleNational monument to visit · 100 m outside the town |
| Creevy HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Millbrook (miller's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Millbrook (mill (water))Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Dalystown House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Moorhill HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Moorhill House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| MossvaleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Dalystown House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Columbia HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Church (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Toneen Lodge (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Toneen Lodge (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| P.P. MastersonRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| M. McCormackRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Saint Bernard's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Gates, DalystownRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| House, AbbeylaraRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| House, AbbeylaraRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| House, AbbeylaraRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
Granard has more new homes than most: 14% since 2011, against 5.8%
Homes dated between the wars are commoner in Granard than in most towns: 8.1%, against 3.9%. Building from 1981 to 2000 left Granard with 12% of its homes, below the usual 24%. The largest single period is from 1946 to 1980, with 31% of Granard’s homes.
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.
5 notable people born in Granard before 1900
From James Cochran (1802) to Kitty Kiernan (1892): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Granard → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Granard and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granard | 1,058 | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 21 | 0 | 9 |
| Castlepollard | 1,349 | 40 | 0 | 8 |
| Ballinagh | 1,012 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Drumlish | 1,124 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Granard in brief
More of Granard’s homes are old than in most places: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 28 places on the record. On Main Street alone there are 12 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 57%, are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 20 of 28. The oldest, Saint Patrick's Church (Granard), dates from 1740. Kitty Kiernan (1892), Mary Mathews Adams (1840) and Tommy Bond (1856) are among the 5 people born here before 1900.
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 Granard’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Granard?
28 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Granard?
House, Main Street, Granard: the first date on its record is 1740.
Are there archaeological sites in Granard?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Granard.
How old are the homes in Granard?
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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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).