Church / chapel · 1810–1815Collon ChurchLower Street, Kells Road, Collon
Photo: Donal Cassidy · CC BY-SA 2.024buildings on the National Inventory
History of Collon · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Collon has 24 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Collon has kept more old homes than most towns: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1750. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 4 archaeological sites inside the town.
On the National Inventory
24
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
4
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1750
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
11%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Collon’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 24, by rating
1 National and International23 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).
National and International
One place of national importance in Collon
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
23 more historic places in Collon
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 11, A to Z
12 recorded by their type and address
12 are recorded only by their type and address: 8 homes, 1 walls, gates and bridges and 1 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.
18th century2
19th century10
Historic streets
Ardee Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Ardee Street7 on the record
Market Square6 on the record
Lower Street5 on the record · 1 of national importance
Drogheda Street4 on the record
Of the 24 records, 24 give a street address.
What’s recorded
The record in Collon starts with homes, at 71%
Across its record, Collon takes in 6 kinds of building. The second-largest group on the record is churches and chapels, with 3. At the top of the record: Collon Church and Bleach House.
Homes17
Churches and chapels3
Walls, gates and bridges1
Memorials and tombs1
Public buildings1
Other buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Collon’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries3
19th century 1800–189921
1900 and later to today0
3 of the 24 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Bleach House, from 1750.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Collon
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
4 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.
| Church2 records |
| Settlement cluster1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Collon: 3.3% since 2011, against a usual 5.8%
Few of Collon’s homes date from 1946 to 1980: 15%, the norm 24%. Building between the wars left Collon with 2% of its homes, below the usual 3.9%. The largest single period is in the 2000s, with 42% of Collon’s homes.
11%
Before 1919
2%
1919–45
15%
1946–80
27%
1981–2000
42%
2001–10
3.3%
Since 2011
CollonTypical 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
Collon and its neighbours
In brief
Collon in brief
More of Collon’s homes are old than in most places: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 24 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Collon Church. Of the whole list, 71% are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 21 of 24. The oldest, Bleach House, dates from 1750. Beyond that, George Greene (1838) and James Emerson (1895) were born here before 1900; and it also has 4 archaeological sites.
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 Collon’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Collon?
24 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Collon are of national importance?
Collon Church.
What is the oldest building in Collon?
Bleach House: the first date on its record is 1750.
Are there archaeological sites in Collon?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Collon.
How old are the homes in Collon?
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) · 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).