RegChurch / chapel · 1840–1845Catholic Church of the AssumptionLongwoodPhoto: Kenod44 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Saint Mary's Cemetery · Photo: Kenod44 · CC BY-SA 4.07buildings on the National Inventory
History of Longwood · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Longwood has 7 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Longwood goes back at least to 1840, the date of its oldest recorded building. Homes from 2011 on make up 6.5% of Longwood’s, against 5.8% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
7
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2.4%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Look around Longwood: 4 photos
Among them: Saint Mary's Cemetery and Catholic Church of the Assumption. 2 of Longwood’s recorded places are photographed. Catholic Church of the Assumption, dated 1840, is the oldest pictured in Longwood.
Catholic Church of the AssumptionRegional rating (NIAH)
Boyne AqueductRegional rating (NIAH)
Moyvally BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)+1See all photosPhotos 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 Longwood’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 7, by rating
7 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
7 historic places in Longwood
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegGraveyard / cemetery · 1910–1930Saint Mary's CemeteryLongwoodPhoto: Kenod44 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
House · 1860–1900P.J. Dargan (house)Longwood
House · 1860–1900P.J. Dargan (house)Longwood
House · 1900–1940Longwood Garda Síochána StationLongwood
House · 1850–1870House, Longwood
House · 1860–1900House, Longwood
What’s recorded
Longwood records more churches and chapels than most of Ireland: 26%, against 7%
9 records, 47%, are homes. At the top of the record: Boyne Aqueduct and Moyvally Bridge. Just outside Longwood, the oldest record dates from 1700.
Homes9
Churches and chapels5
Walls, gates and bridges3
Other 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.
How old
Most of Longwood’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18995
1900 and later to today2
The oldest is Catholic Church of the Assumption, from 1840.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Longwood
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Longwood: 12
| Boyne AqueductRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Moyvally BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Saint Nicholas's Church (Castlerickard)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Mausoleum, Saint Nicholas's Church (Castlerickard)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Kilglass HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Furey'sRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Graveyard, LongwoodRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Aqueduct, BoolykeaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Worker's house, BoolykeaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Farm house, LionsdenRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Bridge, BoolykeaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Boolykeagh, Clonard OldRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Only 2.4% of Longwood’s homes go back before 1919 (3.4% is typical)
Few of Longwood’s homes date between the wars: 0.6%, the norm 3.9%. Building from 1946 to 1980 left Longwood with 6.5% of its homes, below the usual 24%. In most towns 25% of homes were built in the 2000s; in Longwood, 61%.
2.4%
Before 1919
0.6%
1919–45
6.5%
1946–80
23%
1981–2000
61%
2001–10
6.5%
Since 2011
LongwoodTypical 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
Longwood and its neighbours
In brief
Longwood in brief
The official list counts 7 places on the record in Longwood. Of the 7 with a date, 5 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Catholic Church of the Assumption, from 1840. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Patrick Giles (1899) was born here before 1900.
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 Longwood’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Longwood?
7 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Longwood?
Catholic Church of the Assumption: the first date on its record is 1840.
How old are the homes in Longwood?
2.4% 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).