Forge, Killeigh
Also known as Killeigh Forge
About Forge, Killeigh
Forge, Killeigh is one of 10 buildings in Killeigh the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Forge, Killeigh to 1840–1880. 10 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Although modernised and extended, this building still retains its original façade. Horseshoe-shaped entrances were commonly used throughout Ireland in the nineteenth century to denote a blacksmith's forge.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14813004 · 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 · 14813004↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 3 historic places in about 5 minutes
Killeigh, Killeigh · about 100 m on foot, as the crow flies
6 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded buildings near Killeigh
The nearest is Tullamore Railway Station in Tullamore, 6.9 km away. Within 40 km, 6 have a photo. Kildare Railway Station in Kildare is the farthest, at 37 km.
Questions about Forge, Killeigh
Is Forge, Killeigh on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14813004).
Can you visit Forge, Killeigh?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Forge, Killeigh built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1840–1880.
Is Forge, Killeigh 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) · 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).
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