Dundalk, recorded since 1180: 378 buildings on the National Inventory

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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).

222 recorded by their type and address

222 are recorded only by their type and address: 192 homes, 11 public buildings and 7 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.

See all 222 on the map

Of the 378 records, 358 give a street address.

135 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.

Just outside Dundalk: 50

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.

John Benjamin Macneill

John Shekleton

Anthony Coningham Sterling

Leopold McClintock

John Cashel Hoey

George Conroy

Joseph Anthony Murphy

Molly Barton

J. J. Kelso

Tom Sharkey

Dorothy Macardle

James Coburn

Tom McCormick

George Martin Lees

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Leopold McClintock1819–1907 · Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy

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Tom Sharkey1873–1953 · American boxer

Dorothy Macardle1889–1958 · Irish writer and historian

Joseph Anthony Murphy1857–1939 · Irish-born American Jesuit

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Molly Barton1861–1949 · Irish artist

Anthony Coningham Sterling1805–1871 · British historian

Tom McCormick1890–1916 · Irish boxer

John Benjamin Macneill1793–1880 · Irish civil engineer

Everyone born in Dundalk → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

More of Dundalk’s homes are old than in most places: 6.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 378 places on the record, 2 of them in the top tier. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more recorded buildings. Seatown Place alone has 32 places on the record.

Most entries on the list, 75%, are homes. Of the 378 with a date, 312 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Old Castle, from 1230. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.