RegChurch / chapel · 1790–1800Saint Mary's Church (Kentstown)KentstownPhoto: Rob Hurson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Saint Mary's Church (Kentstown) · Photo: Rob Hurson · CC BY-SA 4.04buildings on the National Inventory
History of Kentstown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Kentstown: 4 buildings on the National Inventory
Kentstown’s oldest recorded building dates from 1780. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
4
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
4
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1780
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Historic Kentstown through 2 photographs
Pictured and oldest in Kentstown: Saint Mary's Church (Kentstown), 1790. Saint Mary's Church (Kentstown) and Balrath Cross lead the set.
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.
The map
Where Kentstown’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 Kentstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1780–1820Rose CottageKentstown
Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house · 1800–1840Kentstown GlebeKentstown
Church / chapel · 1835–1845Catholic Church of the AssumptionKentstown
What’s recorded
No single kind leads in Kentstown: churches and chapels and homes have 2 each
The highest-rated include Rose Cottage and Saint Mary's Church. Every building on Kentstown’s record is rated regional, none national. 1835 brings Kentstown’s record up to its newest entry.
Churches and chapels2
Homes2
Public buildings2
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
Archaeology in Kentstown
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.
| Font (present location)1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Tomb - effigial1 record |
Just outside Kentstown: 3
| Balrath CrossArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Balrath Post OfficeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Stone LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Kentstown’s homes are mostly modern: 2% predate 1919, where most towns have 3.4%
Homes dated from 1946 to 1980 are scarcer in Kentstown than in most towns: 19%, against 24%. Kentstown built little between the wars: 0.6% of its homes, where most towns have 3.9%. Building in the 2000s left Kentstown with 63% of its homes, above the usual 25%.
2%
Before 1919
0.6%
1919–45
19%
1946–80
11%
1981–2000
63%
2001–10
5%
Since 2011
KentstownTypical 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
Kentstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentstown | 1,195 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Duleek | 4,899 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| Slane | 1,445 | 50 | 0 | 17 |
| Navan | 33,886 | 184 | 5 | 82 |
| Dunshaughlin | 6,644 | 11 | 0 | 39 |
| Tullyallen | 1,697 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Ratoath | 10,077 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
In brief
Kentstown in brief
Kentstown has 4 places on the record. Its homes are mostly newer: 2% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest, Rose Cottage, dates from 1780. The rest is about typical: 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 Kentstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Kentstown?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Kentstown?
Rose Cottage: the first date on its record is 1780.
Are there archaeological sites in Kentstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Kentstown.
How old are the homes in Kentstown?
2% 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · 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).