Molesworth Bridge · Photo: Royalcanalrunner · CC BY-SA 4.0Daingean: 28 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Daingean: 11% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. It is a historic town on the Sites and Monuments Record, with 23 archaeological sites inside it. The oldest record dates from 1755.
Landmarks of Daingean, in 4 photos
Look out for Molesworth Bridge and “Store, Daingean”. The photos cover 3 of Daingean’s recorded places; the rest have a record card. Molesworth Bridge, dated 1795, is the oldest pictured in Daingean.
Store, DaingeanRegional rating (NIAH)
Killeen BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)
Saint Brigid's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)+1See all photosPhotos 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 Daingean’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).
28 historic places in Daingean
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 19, A to Z
9 recorded by their type and address
9 are recorded only by their type and address: 4 homes, 2 public buildings and 1 churches and chapels; most date from the 18th century.
Molesworth Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 28 records, 22 give a street address.
In Daingean, public buildings stand out: 18% of its record, 6% nationally
The variety is wide in Daingean: 6 kinds of building on the record. 10 records, 36%, are homes. Leading the record by rating: Molesworth House and Saint Conleth's Reformatory.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Daingean’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
10 of the 28 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Daingean
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
23 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.
| Ogham stone (present location)4 records |
| Tomb - effigial (present location)4 records |
| Church2 records |
| Graveyard2 records |
| Armorial plaque (present location)2 records |
| Armorial plaque2 records |
| Gateway1 record |
| Historic town1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| Bawn1 record |
| Town defences1 record |
| Road - road/trackway1 record |
| Enclosure1 record |
Just outside Daingean: 8
| Clonearl HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Killeen BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Mount Briscoe (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Saint Brigid's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Mount Briscoe (kiln)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Mount Briscoe (kiln)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Mount Briscoe (smokehouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Farm house, Croghan DemesneRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
Daingean grew fastest in the 2000s, when 34% of its homes were built
Older than 2001: more than half of the homes in Daingean. A full 5.9% of the homes in Daingean went up between the wars, beyond the typical 3.9%. New building in Daingean runs at the usual pace: 4.9% of homes date from 2011 on, the typical town 5.8%.
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.
Daingean and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daingean | 1,223 | 28 | 0 | 23 |
| Rochfortbridge | 1,498 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 132 | 2 | 6 |
| Kilbeggan | 1,575 | 54 | 2 | 9 |
| Edenderry | 7,888 | 53 | 0 | 4 |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 68 | 1 | 14 |
Daingean in brief
More of Daingean’s homes are old than in most places: 11% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 28 places on the record. Molesworth Street alone has 12 places on the record.
It also has 23 archaeological sites on the record. The oldest is Molesworth House, from 1760. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Joe Connor (1877) was born here before 1900.
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 Daingean’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Daingean?
28 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Daingean?
House, Main Street, Daingean: the first date on its record is 1755.
Are there archaeological sites in Daingean?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 23 archaeological sites inside Daingean.
How old are the homes in Daingean?
11% 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 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).