Photo: DiarmuidC15 · CC BY-SA 4.0Ferbane: 18 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Ferbane goes back at least to 1800, the date of its oldest recorded building. 5.3% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
2 photos of Ferbane’s landmarks
Two to begin with: Gallen Priory (country house) and Gallen Priory (Religious house - Augustinian canons).
Gallen Priory (country house)Regional rating (NIAH)
Gallen Priory (Religious house - Augustinian canons)Archaeological monument (SMR)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 Ferbane’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).
18 historic places in Ferbane
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 13, A to Z
5 recorded by their type and address
5 are recorded only by their type and address: 5 homes; most date from the 19th century.
Ferbane’s record leans to homes: 56%
In second place come churches and chapels, with 3. Leading the record by rating: Ferbane Church (Wheery or Killagally) and “School, Ferbane Church (Wheery or Killagally)”. Its buildings rate regional: Ferbane has none of national importance.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Ferbane’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
The oldest is Ferbane Church (Wheery or Killagally), from 1800.
Just outside Ferbane
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ferbane: 7
| Gallen Priory (Religious house - Augustinian canons)Archaeological monument (SMR) · 500 m outside the town |
| Derry BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Gallen BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| The RectoryRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Ballylin House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Ballylin House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Gallen Priory (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
Only 2.6% of Ferbane’s homes were built since 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Against a typical 24%, 48% of Ferbane’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980. Homes dated between the wars are commoner in Ferbane than in most towns: 6.1%, against 3.9%. Only 17% of Ferbane’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 24%.
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.
Ferbane and its neighbours
Ferbane in brief
More of Ferbane’s homes are old than in most places: 5.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 18 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 56%, are homes. Of the 18 with a date, 15 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Ferbane Church (Wheery or Killagally), from 1800.
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 Ferbane’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ferbane?
18 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ferbane?
Ferbane Church (Wheery or Killagally): the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Ferbane?
5.3% 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).