- Address
- Rathmolyon
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14332005
Harnan
Rathmolyon
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Harnan
The National Inventory rates Harnan Regional, one of 4 in Rathmolyon. Harnan dates from 1860–1900. 4 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A good example of a vernacular thatched house. Utilising traditional local materials, thatched structures were once commonly found all over Ireland but are now becoming increasingly rare.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14332005 · 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 · 14332005↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
Rathmolyon · about 1 km on foot, as the crow flies
2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded houses around Rathmolyon
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Closest of all: “House, Leinster Street”, Maynooth, 18 km away. At the edge of the list, 27 km away: Farm house, Kilmeage.
Questions about Harnan
Is Harnan on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14332005).
Can you visit Harnan?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Harnan built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1860–1900.
Is Harnan 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). 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).