Bridge · 1750–1800Legan BridgeLegan
4buildings on the National Inventory
History of Legan · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Legan: 4 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Legan: 10% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1750.
On the National Inventory
4
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1750
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Legan’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 4, by rating
4 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
4 historic places in Legan
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Church / chapel · 1830–1840Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchLegan
Bridge · 1780–1840Bridge, Legan
House · 1780–1990House, Legan
What’s recorded
More walls, gates and bridges than the national record: 19% in Legan, 8% across Ireland
The latest date on Legan’s record is 1920. 11 records, 35%, are homes. Two of the highest-rated records are Fox Hall and Castlewilder.
Homes11
Walls, gates and bridges6
Farm and estate buildings6
Churches and chapels3
Street furniture3
Public buildings1
Other buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Legan
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Legan: 27
| Fox Hall (church / chapel)National rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Castlewilder (house, country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Fox Hall (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Castlewilder (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Newport HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Castle FarmRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Kilglass HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Newtown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| ShawbrookRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Fox Hall (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Newtown House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Saint Anne's Church (Kilglass)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Treel HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| The Old ForgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Tully HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Sleehaun House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Sleehaun HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Sunfield HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Newport House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| House, BallymacliffordRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
Homes by age
9.4% of Legan’s homes are newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)
In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1946 to 1980; in Legan only 19%. 33% of Legan’s homes went up in the 2000s, more than in any other period. Against a typical 3.9%, only 3.1% of Legan’s homes went up between the wars.
10%
Before 1919
3.1%
1919–45
19%
1946–80
26%
1981–2000
33%
2001–10
9.4%
Since 2011
LeganTypical 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
Legan and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legan | 346 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 21 | 0 | 9 |
| Ballymahon | 1,714 | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| Longford | 10,952 | 122 | 2 | 26 |
In brief
Legan in brief
Old houses are part of Legan’s character: 10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 4 places on the record. The oldest, Legan Bridge, dates from 1750.
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 Legan’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Legan?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Legan?
Legan Bridge: the first date on its record is 1750.
How old are the homes in Legan?
10% 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) · 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).