Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0Ballintogher has 7 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Ballintogher goes back at least to 1790, the date of its oldest recorded building. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site.
2 photographs of Ballintogher’s heritage
2 recorded places in Ballintogher have a photo. Among them: Saint Teresa's Catholic Church and Tiraghrill. Go back furthest in Ballintogher with Tiraghrill: 1840.
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 Ballintogher’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).
7 historic places in Ballintogher
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
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Reg67% of the records in and around Ballintogher are homes
Second on the record: churches and chapels, 2 of them. Two of the highest-rated records are Castle Neymoe and Kingsfort House. The wider area’s record reaches back to 1770, earlier than Ballintogher’s own.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Ballintogher’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 7 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Kingsfort House, from 1790.
Archaeology in Ballintogher
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site 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 |
Just outside Ballintogher: 4
| CasheloreArchaeological monument (SMR) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Gortlownan MotteArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Castle NeymoeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Barroe, RathgeeanRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
A town of older homes: 5.8% of Ballintogher’s were built before 1919 (3.4% is typical)
Ballintogher added comparatively little from 1946 to 1980: 9.1% of its homes, the typical town 24%. Homes built in the 2000s make up 50% of Ballintogher’s, against 25% in the typical town. Since 2011 Ballintogher has added 5.8% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 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.
Ballintogher and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballintogher | 351 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 304 | 15 | 74 |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Ballymote | 1,711 | 38 | 0 | 7 |
| Strandhill | 1,982 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Ballintogher in brief
Old houses are part of Ballintogher’s character: 5.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 7 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 5 of 7. The oldest, Kingsfort House, dates from 1790. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has an archaeological site.
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 Ballintogher’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballintogher?
7 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballintogher?
Kingsfort House: the first date on its record is 1790.
Are there archaeological sites in Ballintogher?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Ballintogher.
How old are the homes in Ballintogher?
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 (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).