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History of Keenagh · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Keenagh has 12 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Keenagh goes back at least to 1800, the date of its oldest recorded building. Homes from 2011 on make up 8.6% of Keenagh’s, against 5.8% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
12
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
4.7%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Keenagh through 7 photographs
Two to begin with: Corlea Trackway and 41st Lock.
Corlea TrackwayNational monument to visit
41st LockRegional rating (NIAH)
42nd LockRegional rating (NIAH)
Ards BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Cloonbreany BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)+2See all photosPhotos 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.
The map
Where Keenagh’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 12, by rating
12 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
12 historic places in Keenagh
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
School · 1820–1840The VestryKeenagh
Church / chapel · 1830–1835Saint George's Church (Kilcommock)Keenagh
House · 1840–1880Brookfield HouseKeenagh
Clock · 1875–1880King-Harman MemorialKeenagh
Gates / railings / walls · 1915–1925Mosstown House (gates / railings / walls)Keenagh
Church / chapel · 1980–1985Saint Dominic's Catholic ChurchKeenagh
House · 1800–1840House, Keenagh
House · 1820–1860House, Keenagh
Gates / railings / walls · 1850–1900Gates, Keenagh (gates / railings / walls)
Post box · 1925–1940Post box, Keenagh
Water pump · 1930–1950Water pump, Keenagh
What’s recorded
Two groups share the top of Keenagh’s record: homes and walls, gates and bridges, 3 each
The newest record in Keenagh dates from 1980. At the top of the record: Keenagh Methodist Church and The Vestry. Rated by importance, Keenagh’s buildings are all regional.
Homes3
Walls, gates and bridges3
Churches and chapels3
Street furniture2
Public buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Keenagh’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18998
1900 and later to today4
Archaeology and around
Just outside Keenagh
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Keenagh: 31
| Corlea TrackwayNational monument to visit · 2 km outside the town |
| Mosstown House (dovecote / pigeon house / aviary)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Mosstown House (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Glenmore HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Lismacmurrough HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Kilcommock Rectory (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Kilcommock Rectory (rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Lisglassock HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Loughan House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Loughan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| 41st Lock (lock keeper's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| 41st LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| 42nd LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| 42nd Lock (lock keeper's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Ards BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Cloonbreany BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Coolnahinch BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Foygh BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Mosstown HarbourRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Lislea House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Keenagh keeps more old homes than most towns: 4.7% from before 1919, against 3.4%
Building from 1981 to 2000 left Keenagh with 14% of its homes, below the usual 24%. In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Keenagh only 1.2%. More of Keenagh’s homes than usual date in the 2000s: 60%, against 25%.
4.7%
Before 1919
1.2%
1919–45
12%
1946–80
14%
1981–2000
60%
2001–10
8.6%
Since 2011
KeenaghTypical 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
Keenagh and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keenagh | 753 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballymahon | 1,714 | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| Longford | 10,952 | 122 | 2 | 26 |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague | 1,733 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 21 | 0 | 9 |
In brief
Keenagh in brief
More of Keenagh’s homes are old than in most places: 4.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 12 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 8 of 12. The oldest, Keenagh Methodist Church, dates from 1810.
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 Keenagh’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Keenagh?
12 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Keenagh?
House, Keenagh: the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Keenagh?
4.7% 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 (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).