House · 1830–1870Ashmount HouseClonygowan
Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domain1building on the National Inventory
History of Clonygowan · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Clonygowan has 1 building on the National Inventory
Clonygowan’s oldest recorded building dates from 1830. Of its homes, 5.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% 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
1830
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
5.7%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Old buildings of Clonygowan
Pictured: Saint Mary's Catholic Church, on Clonygowan’s record.
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The map
Where Clonygowan’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 Clonygowan
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
Around Clonygowan, the record leans to homes: 67%
1930 brings Clonygowan’s record up to its newest entry. The next biggest group is walls, gates and bridges, 2 in all. At the top of the record: Bloomville and Clonygowan House.
Homes6
Walls, gates and bridges2
Churches and chapels1
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 Clonygowan
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Clonygowan: 8
| BloomvilleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Clonygowan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Farm house, BallinvoherRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Farm house, SranureRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| House, UrneyRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Bridge, ClonygowanRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bridge, GorteenardRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Clonygowan: 38% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%
The largest single period is since 2011, with 38% of Clonygowan’s homes. Homes dated between the wars are commoner in Clonygowan than in most towns: 11%, against 3.9%. Building from 1946 to 1980 left Clonygowan with 11% of its homes, below the usual 24%.
5.7%
Before 1919
11%
1919–45
11%
1946–80
11%
1981–2000
23%
2001–10
38%
Since 2011
ClonygowanTypical 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
Clonygowan and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonygowan | 308 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 68 | 1 | 14 |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 54 | 0 | 3 |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 28 | 0 | 23 |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 104 | 5 | 6 |
| Portlaoise | 23,494 | 185 | 6 | 17 |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 132 | 2 | 6 |
In brief
Clonygowan in brief
Old houses are part of Clonygowan’s character: 5.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 1 place on the record. The oldest is Ashmount House, from 1830.
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 Clonygowan’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Clonygowan?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Clonygowan?
Ashmount House: the first date on its record is 1830.
How old are the homes in Clonygowan?
5.7% 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).