- Type
- Country house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 30410904
Lairakeen
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Lairakeen
Lairakeen is one of 31 buildings in Banagher the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Lairakeen to 1850–1890.
The broad front elevation, with its canted bays to either end, echoed by a third to the rear, makes this a particularly distinctive country house. Its scale is almost institution-like with a sense of formality and grandeur.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 30410904 · 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 · 30410904↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Lairakeen
Banagher
More houses on the record near Banagher
The nearest is Birr Castle in Birr, 14 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. At the edge of the list, 38 km away: Nenagh Courthouse, Nenagh.
Questions about Lairakeen
Is Lairakeen on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 30410904).
Can you visit Lairakeen?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Lairakeen built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1850–1890.
Is Lairakeen 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).
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