- Address
- Killeigh
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14813002
The Abbey
Killeigh
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About The Abbey
The National Inventory rates The Abbey National, one of 1 in Killeigh. Its record dates The Abbey to 1780–1820. 10 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Set within the grounds of a former Augustinian abbey, this house incorporates building phases from numerous centuries. The house is further enhanced by a striking complex of adjoining outbuildings established around a central courtyard.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14813002 · 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 · 14813002↗National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Killeigh · about 100 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1The AbbeyStart here
- 2
Killeigh Church (Geashill)Regional rating (NIAH) · next door
6 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: nationally rated houses near Killeigh
Charleville Castle in Mucklagh is the nearest, at 7.2 km. Within 40 km, 6 have a photo. Farthest out is White Castle, Athy, 40 km away.
Questions about The Abbey
Is The Abbey on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated National (record 14813002).
Can you visit The Abbey?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was The Abbey built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1780–1820.
Is The Abbey 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). 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).