Patrick Kavanagh Centre · Photo: Cathar11 · CC0Inniskeen has 17 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Inniskeen: 8% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1720. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 9 archaeological sites.
Where Inniskeen’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
17 historic places in Inniskeen
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 12, A to Z
5 recorded by their type and address
5 are recorded only by their type and address: 2 homes, 1 memorials and tombs and 1 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
The record in Inniskeen starts with homes, at 35%
Regional importance is the highest rating any of Inniskeen’s buildings holds. Ireland as a whole has more homes than Inniskeen: 62% of its record. 3 records make mills, stations and works the second group.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Inniskeen’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 17 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Monument, Inishkeen Church, from 1720.
Archaeology in Inniskeen
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
9 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.
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
| Cross - Wayside cross1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Round tower1 record |
| Mausoleum1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Cist1 record |
| Memorial stone1 record |
| Cross-slab (present location)1 record |
Just outside Inniskeen: 11
| Clonaleenaghan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| RocksavageRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Saint Anne's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Tullagee HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Fane River BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Tullagee BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Moyles HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Catholic Church of Mary Mother of MercyRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| House, MuckerRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Bridge, InishkeenRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bridge, KednaminshaRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
Little new building in Inniskeen: 3.7% of homes date from 2011 on, against 5.8%
In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1946 to 1980; in Inniskeen, 61%. Building in the 2000s fell short in Inniskeen: 6.7%, against 25% in most towns. Homes dated from 1981 to 2000 are scarcer in Inniskeen than in most towns: 17%, against 24%.
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.
Inniskeen and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inniskeen | 405 | 17 | 0 | 9 |
| Carrickmacross | 5,745 | 84 | 1 | 17 |
| Dundalk | 43,112 | 378 | 2 | 135 |
| Dromiskin | 1,292 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 75 | 0 | 4 |
| Ardee | 5,478 | 62 | 0 | 39 |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran | 1,232 | 28 | 0 | 9 |
Inniskeen in brief
More of Inniskeen’s homes are old than in most places: 8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 17 places on the record. Of the 17 with a date, 11 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Monument, Inishkeen Church, from 1720.
The archaeological record adds 9 sites. The rest is about typical: Heber MacMahon (1600) was born here before 1900.
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 Inniskeen’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Inniskeen?
17 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Inniskeen?
Monument, Inishkeen Church: the first date on its record is 1720.
Are there archaeological sites in Inniskeen?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 9 archaeological sites inside Inniskeen.
How old are the homes in Inniskeen?
8% 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 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).