Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0Banagher: 31 buildings on the National Inventory
Banagher has kept more old homes than most towns: 9.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The Sites and Monuments Record marks it as a historic town and lists 12 archaeological sites inside it. Its oldest building dates from 1700.
Historic Banagher through 5 photographs
Look out for Saint Paul's Church (Reynagh) and Banagher Bridge. The oldest building pictured in Banagher is Saint Paul's Church (Reynagh), from 1825. 4 photographers took them.
Saint Paul's Church (Reynagh)Regional rating (NIAH)
Banagher BridgeNational rating (NIAH)
Banagher Martello TowerRegional rating (NIAH)
Fort ElizaRegional rating (NIAH)
Griffith BridgeRegional 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.
Where Banagher’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).
31 historic places in Banagher
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 22, A to Z
9 recorded by their type and address
9 are recorded only by their type and address: 7 homes, 1 farm and estate buildings and 1 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
61% of Banagher’s recorded buildings are homes
Banagher’s most recent recorded building is from 1960. The second-largest group on the record is churches and chapels, with 4. Among the highest-rated: Cuba Court and Crank House.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Banagher’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
8 of the 31 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Cuba Court, from 1700.
Archaeology in Banagher
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
12 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.
| Historic town1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Graveslab1 record |
| Cross - High cross1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
| Kiln - pottery1 record |
| Bastioned fort1 record |
| Town defences1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| House - 18th/19th century1 record |
| Burnt mound1 record |
Just outside Banagher: 26
| Banagher BridgeNational rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Banagher BridgeNational rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Cromwell's CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Balliver HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Canal HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Claremount HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| The RectoryRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Banagher Martello TowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Griffith BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| The Grand HotelRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| The Harbour Master's HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Castle Garden HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Fort ElizaRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Shannon Harbour BarracksRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Coolfin House (hunting / fishing lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| LairakeenRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Esker National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Coolfin House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Canal BarRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Saint Cronan's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
28% of Banagher’s homes were built in the 2000s
Against a typical 3.9%, 7.2% of Banagher’s homes went up between the wars. The last decade or so added 5.1% of Banagher’s homes, much as in most towns (5.8%). Half of what Banagher lives in today was already built by 2001.
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.
Banagher and its neighbours
Banagher in brief
Old houses are part of Banagher’s character: 9.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 31 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 61%, are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 20 of 31. The oldest, Cuba Court, dates from 1700. It also has 12 archaeological sites on the record.
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 Banagher’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Banagher?
31 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Banagher?
Cuba Court: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Banagher?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 12 archaeological sites inside Banagher.
How old are the homes in Banagher?
9.8% 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.
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 (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).