Church / chapel · 1840–1850Saint Brochan's Catholic ChurchBracknagh
2buildings on the National Inventory
History of Bracknagh · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Bracknagh has 2 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Bracknagh goes back at least to 1840, the date of its oldest recorded building. 6.5% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
On the National Inventory
2
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1840
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
6.5%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Bracknagh’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 2, by rating
2 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
2 historic places in Bracknagh
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
School · 1840–1845The Old SchoolhouseBracknagh
What’s recorded
Bracknagh and its edges: homes first, 50%
Beyond Bracknagh’s edge the record is older still: 1760. Leading the record by rating: Millgrove Bridge and Kilcloncorkry House. Of national importance in Bracknagh: none; the record is regional.
Homes4
Churches and chapels1
Public buildings1
Walls, gates and bridges1
Street furniture1
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 Bracknagh
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Bracknagh: 6
| Millgrove BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Kilcloncorkry HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| MillgroveRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Farm house, Clonmore (Co. By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Presbytery, Clonmore (Co. By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Post box, Clonmore (Co. By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Bracknagh is still building: 11% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%
Few of Bracknagh’s homes date in the 2000s: 6.5%, the norm 25%. Homes dated from 1946 to 1980 are commoner in Bracknagh than in most towns: 54%, against 24%. 7.5% of Bracknagh’s homes were built between the wars, more than the typical town’s 3.9%.
6.5%
Before 1919
7.5%
1919–45
54%
1946–80
14%
1981–2000
6.5%
2001–10
11%
Since 2011
BracknaghTypical 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
Bracknagh and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknagh | 274 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rathangan | 3,263 | 53 | 0 | 17 |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 104 | 5 | 6 |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 68 | 1 | 14 |
| Kildare | 10,302 | 97 | 2 | 68 |
| Edenderry | 7,888 | 53 | 0 | 4 |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 28 | 0 | 23 |
In brief
Bracknagh in brief
More of Bracknagh’s homes are old than in most places: 6.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 2 places on the record. The oldest, Saint Brochan's Catholic Church, dates from 1840. Beyond that, John Joly (1857) was born here before 1900.
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 Bracknagh’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Bracknagh?
2 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Bracknagh?
Saint Brochan's Catholic Church: the first date on its record is 1840.
How old are the homes in Bracknagh?
6.5% 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) · 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).