Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Dunboyne has 17 buildings on the National Inventory
Dunboyne’s oldest recorded building dates from 1760. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 11 archaeological sites inside the town. Of its homes, 1.1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Dunboyne has 24 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Historic Dunboyne, pictured
So far only Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is photographed among Dunboyne’s recorded places.
Photos 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.
Where Dunboyne’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).
17 historic places in Dunboyne
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 12, A to Z
5 recorded by their type and address
5 are recorded only by their type and address: 3 homes, 1 walls, gates and bridges and 1 street furniture; 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 17 records, 17 give a street address.
53% of Dunboyne’s recorded buildings are homes
Dunboyne’s most recent recorded building is from 1955. The second-largest group on the record is churches and chapels, with 3. At the top of the record: Dunboyne Castle and “Mausoleum, Saint Peter's Church”.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Dunboyne’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 17 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Dunboyne Castle, from 1760.
Archaeology in Dunboyne
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
11 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.
| Font2 records |
| Settlement cluster1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Architectural fragment1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Castle - ringwork1 record |
| Ring-ditch1 record |
| Building1 record |
| Excavation - miscellaneous1 record |
Just outside Dunboyne: 1
| Bridge, Bennetstown, BracetownRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
49% of Dunboyne’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000
At least one home in two in Dunboyne was standing by 2001. Building between the wars left Dunboyne with 1.2% of its homes, below the usual 3.9%. In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1946 to 1980; in Dunboyne only 14%.
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.
Dunboyne and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunboyne | 7,155 | 17 | 0 | 11 |
| Clonee | 1,205 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Clonsilla | 22,510 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Mulhuddart | 19,252 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Leixlip | 16,733 | 45 | 1 | 21 |
| Hollystown | 12,884 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
Dunboyne in brief
The official list counts 17 places on the record in Dunboyne. Most entries on the list, 53%, are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 11 of 17. The oldest, Dunboyne Castle, dates from 1760.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. It also has 11 archaeological sites on the record. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 17 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 81); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and Eva Henrietta Hamilton (1876) was 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 Dunboyne’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Dunboyne?
17 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Dunboyne?
Dunboyne Castle: the first date on its record is 1760.
Are there archaeological sites in Dunboyne?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 11 archaeological sites inside Dunboyne.
How old are the homes in Dunboyne?
1.1% 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).