Catholic Cathedral of the Annunciation and Saint Nathy · Photo: JohnArmagh · CC BY-SA 3.0Ballaghaderreen: 19 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballaghaderreen’s oldest recorded building dates from 1760. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites.
Where Ballaghaderreen’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).
19 historic places in Ballaghaderreen
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 10, A to Z
9 recorded by their type and address
9 are recorded only by their type and address: 2 other buildings, 2 homes and 1 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Market Square has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 19 records, 19 give a street address.
Ballaghaderreen’s record leans to homes: 47%
Its buildings rate regional: Ballaghaderreen has none of national importance. 3 records make churches and chapels the second group. Among the highest-rated: Dillon House and Saint Nathy's College.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Ballaghaderreen’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 19 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Dillon House, from 1760.
Archaeology in Ballaghaderreen
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 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.
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| Ringfort - rath1 record |
Just outside Ballaghaderreen: 3
| Four AltarsRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Saint Nathy'sRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Building, Creggan (Ath. N. By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
More pre-1919 homes than most: 5.8% in Ballaghaderreen, 3.4% in the typical town
Ballaghaderreen’s largest group of homes, 39%, went up in the 2000s. Homes built since 2011 make up just 3.1% of Ballaghaderreen’s, below the 5.8% of the typical town. Before 2001, Ballaghaderreen had already built more than half of the homes it has now.
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.
3 notable people born in Ballaghaderreen before 1900
From Anne Deane (1834) to Eugene O'Doherty (1896): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Ballaghaderreen → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Ballaghaderreen and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballaghaderreen | 2,387 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlestown-Bellahy | 1,172 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Castlerea | 2,348 | 38 | 0 | 7 |
Ballaghaderreen in brief
More of Ballaghaderreen’s homes are old than in most places: 5.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 19 places on the record. Of the 19 with a date, 14 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Dillon House, from 1760.
Anne Deane (1834), Jack Shouldice (1882) and Eugene O'Doherty (1896) were all born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: it also has 2 archaeological sites.
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 Ballaghaderreen’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballaghaderreen?
19 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballaghaderreen?
Dillon House: the first date on its record is 1760.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballaghaderreen?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Ballaghaderreen.
How old are the homes in Ballaghaderreen?
5.8% 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 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).