Navan, recorded since 1170: 184 buildings on the National Inventory

Church, Convent Road, NavanNational rating (NIAH)Athlumney CastleNational rating (NIAH)New BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)Saint Mary's Church (Navan)Regional rating (NIAH)Ardbraccan House (bishop's palace)Regional rating (NIAH)+9See all photos

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c. 1912

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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).

105 recorded by their type and address

105 are recorded only by their type and address: 70 homes, 10 street furniture and 8 walls, gates and bridges; most date from the 19th century.

See all 105 on the map

Of the 184 records, 163 give a street address.

82 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 Navan: 16

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.

Frances Anne Edgeworth

Francis Beaufort

Francis Murphy

Andrew Byrne

Richard Lacy

John D. Lauder

Victor Daley

John Fowler

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Francis Beaufort1774–1857 · Irish hydrographer and naval officer

Victor Daley1858–1905 · Irish-Australian journalist and poet

Andrew Byrne1802–1862 · Catholic bishop

Richard Lacy1841–1929 · Catholic bishop

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Francis Murphy1795–1858 · Catholic bishop

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Frances Anne Edgeworth1769–1865 · Irish botanical artist

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John Fowler1864–1939 · British Army general

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John D. Lauder1854–1934 · Canadian politician

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

The record in Navan starts with Navan Moat, which dates from 1170. In all there are 184 places on the record, 5 of them in the top tier, including Navan Moat. Athlumney Castle sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s places of national importance within 400 m. On Trimgate Street alone there are 19 places on the record.

Of the whole list, 57% are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 122 of 184. Of the 8 people born here before 1900, the best known include Francis Beaufort (1774), Victor Daley (1858) and Andrew Byrne (1802). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 184 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 169); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.