- Address
- Main Street, Dunshaughlin
- Type
- Church / chapel
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14335018
Dunshaughlin Library
Main Street, Dunshaughlin
About Dunshaughlin Library
Dunshaughlin Library is one of 11 buildings in Dunshaughlin the National Inventory rates Regional. Dunshaughlin Library dates from 1800–1820. 6 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The modest form of this early nineteenth-century church is enlivened by the addition of the imposing entrance gable, which was added c.1880, and was executed in well finished dressed limestone. The ashlar limestone dressings contrast with the rock-faced limestone, which adds textural interest to the site.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14335018 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 14335018↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 4 historic places in about 15 minutes
Dunshaughlin · about 900 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Dunshaughlin LibraryStart here
- 2Dunshaughlin CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Saint Seachnall's Church (Dunshaughlin)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
- 4Dunshaughlin Civic OfficesRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
3 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded churches around Dunshaughlin
Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Ratoath is the nearest, at 5.2 km. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. At the edge of the list, 12 km away: Garristown Church, Garristown.
Questions about Dunshaughlin Library
Is Dunshaughlin Library on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14335018).
Can you visit Dunshaughlin Library?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Dunshaughlin Library built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1820.
Is Dunshaughlin Library 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.
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) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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