Church / chapel · 1860–1890Saint Bridget's Catholic ChurchDonaskeagh
1building on the National Inventory
History of Donaskeigh · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Donaskeigh has 1 building on the National Inventory
Donaskeigh has kept more old homes than most towns: 7.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Its oldest building dates from 1860.
On the National Inventory
1
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1860
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
7.8%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Donaskeigh’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by rating
1 Regional and other sites
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).
Regional and other sites
One historic place in Donaskeigh
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
In and around Donaskeigh, 33% of the records are walls, gates and bridges
In second place come homes, with 2. Two of the highest-rated records are Morpeth Bridge and Ballyrobin Bridge. Beyond Donaskeigh’s edge the record is older still: 1830.
Walls, gates and bridges3
Homes2
Churches and chapels1
Public buildings1
Mills, stations and works1
Farm and estate buildings1
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.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Donaskeigh
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Donaskeigh: 8
| Morpeth BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Ballyrobin BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Grantstown Hall (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Grantstown Hall (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Grantstown Hall (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Curraghpoor SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Grantstown CreameryRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| House, GrantstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
No new homes in Donaskeigh since 2011, against 5.8% in most towns
Building from 1946 to 1980 fell short in Donaskeigh: 7.8%, against 24% in most towns. Donaskeigh has an unusual share of homes built in the 2000s: 67%, where most towns have 25%. Few of Donaskeigh’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 9.8%, the norm 24%.
7.8%
Before 1919
7.8%
1919–45
7.8%
1946–80
9.8%
1981–2000
67%
2001–10
0%
Since 2011
DonaskeighTypical town
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.
Neighbours
Donaskeigh and its neighbours
In brief
Donaskeigh in brief
More of Donaskeigh’s homes are old than in most places: 7.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 1 place on the record. The oldest, Saint Bridget's Catholic Church, dates from 1860.
How to read these numbers
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 Donaskeigh’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Donaskeigh?
1 building on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Donaskeigh?
Saint Bridget's Catholic Church: the first date on its record is 1860.
How old are the homes in Donaskeigh?
7.8% 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.
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) · 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).