Church / chapel · 1810–1855Saint Feighin's Church (Saint Feighins)Collinstown
Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.07buildings on the National Inventory
History of Collinstown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Collinstown has 7 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Collinstown: 11% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. The oldest record dates from 1810.
On the National Inventory
7
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1810
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
11%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Collinstown’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 7, by rating
7 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
7 historic places in Collinstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Church / chapel · 1810–1880Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchCollinstown
Worker's house · 1850–1870Prize CottagesCollinstown
Model school · 1855–1860The Old School HouseCollinstown
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1880–1900Presbytery, Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchCollinstown
Worker's house · 1850–1870Worker's house, Collinstown
Water pump · 1870–1900Water pump, Collinstown
What’s recorded
48% of the records in and around Collinstown are homes
The variety is wide in Collinstown: 7 kinds of building on the record. In second place come churches and chapels, with 4. At the top of the record: Barbavilla House and Drumcree House.
Homes12
Churches and chapels4
Street furniture3
Farm and estate buildings3
Public buildings1
Walls, gates and bridges1
Other 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 Collinstown
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Collinstown: 18
| Barbavilla HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Drumcree House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Drumcree House (tunnel)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Glananea House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Drumcree House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Drumcree House (farm house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Glebe HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Saint John's Church (Kilcumny)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| The OrchardRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Glananea House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Glananea House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Drumcree House (water pump)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Graveyard, DrumcreeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| House, CummerstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| House, DrumcreeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Outbuilding, ChristianstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Outbuilding, CollinstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Water pump, ChristianstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Since 2011, Collinstown has added 16% of its homes, against a usual 5.8%
Collinstown’s largest group of homes, 38%, went up in the 2000s. Building from 1946 to 1980 left Collinstown with 14% of its homes, below the usual 24%. Just 15% of the homes in Collinstown went up from 1981 to 2000, short of the typical 24%.
11%
Before 1919
5%
1919–45
14%
1946–80
15%
1981–2000
38%
2001–10
16%
Since 2011
CollinstownTypical 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
Collinstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collinstown | 351 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Castlepollard | 1,349 | 40 | 0 | 8 |
| Oldcastle | 1,409 | 55 | 0 | 6 |
| Mullingar | 22,667 | 225 | 7 | 43 |
| Killucan-Rathwire | 1,574 | 28 | 0 | 8 |
In brief
Collinstown in brief
Old houses are part of Collinstown’s character: 11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 7 places on the record. The oldest, Saint Feighin's Church (Saint Feighins), dates from 1810. Beyond that, most dated ones come from the 19th century; and Thomas William Drumm (1871) was born here before 1900.
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 Collinstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Collinstown?
7 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Collinstown?
Saint Feighin's Church (Saint Feighins): the first date on its record is 1810.
How old are the homes in Collinstown?
11% 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) · 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).