Bridge · 1855–1865Bridge, Smithborough
Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.01building on the National Inventory
History of Smithborough · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Smithborough: 1 building on the National Inventory
History in Smithborough goes back at least to 1855, the date of its oldest recorded building. Since 2011, Smithborough has added 11% of its homes, against 5.8% in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
1
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1855
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
4.7%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
2 photos of Smithborough’s landmarks
You can start with Saint Mary's Catholic Church and Saint Mollua's Church (Drumsnat).
Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Saint Mollua's Church (Drumsnat)Regional rating (NIAH)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 Smithborough’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 1, by rating
1 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
One historic place in Smithborough
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
In Smithborough, walls, gates and bridges stand out: 47% of its record, 8% nationally
In second place come homes, with 6. At the top of the record: Loughoony House and Magherarny Bridge. Around Smithborough, the record goes back further, to 1780.
Walls, gates and bridges9
Homes6
Churches and chapels2
Mills, stations and works1
Public buildings1
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
Just outside Smithborough
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Smithborough: 18
| Loughoony HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Magherarny BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Saint Mollua's Church (Drumsnat)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Corrinshigo CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Thornhill HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Templetate Lock (lock keeper's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Templetate BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Templetate LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Ballintoppan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Magherarney National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Canal (section of), TempletateRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Lock keeper's house, KillykeeraghRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Lock, KillykeeraghRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Bridge, KillydonnellyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Carrowbarra Island, Eldron, KeenogRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bridge, KilgormlyRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Bridge, MagherarnyRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Old houses stand out in Smithborough: 4.7% predate 1919, where most towns have 3.4%
The largest single period is in the 2000s, with 35% of Smithborough’s homes. Just 0% of the homes in Smithborough went up between the wars, short of the typical 3.9%. In Smithborough, homes from before 2001 outnumber all those built since.
4.7%
Before 1919
0%
1919–45
24%
1946–80
25%
1981–2000
35%
2001–10
11%
Since 2011
SmithboroughTypical 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
Smithborough and its neighbours
In brief
Smithborough in brief
Old houses are part of Smithborough’s character: 4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 1 place on the record.
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 Smithborough’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Smithborough?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Smithborough?
Bridge, Smithborough: the first date on its record is 1855.
How old are the homes in Smithborough?
4.7% 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).