NatMarket house · 1730–1750Dunlavin Market HouseMarket Square, DunlavinPhoto: Eeno11 · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
Dunlavin Market House · Photo: Eeno11 · CC BY 3.017buildings on the National Inventory
History of Dunlavin · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Dunlavin has 17 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Dunlavin has kept more old homes than most towns: 8.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The Sites and Monuments Record marks it as a historic town and lists 10 archaeological sites inside it. Its oldest building dates from 1730.
On the National Inventory
17
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
10
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1730
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
8.6%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Dunlavin’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 17, by rating
1 National and International16 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).
National and International
One place of national importance in Dunlavin
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
16 more historic places in Dunlavin
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 6, A to Z
10 recorded by their type and address
10 are recorded only by their type and address: 10 homes; most date from the 19th century.
What’s recorded
Dunlavin’s record leans to homes: 82%
Second on the record: churches and chapels, 2 of them. Among the highest-rated: Dunlavin Market House and Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas of Myra. Dunlavin’s most recent recorded building is from 1875.
Homes14
Churches and chapels2
Public buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Dunlavin’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries1
19th century 1800–189916
1900 and later to today0
1 of the 17 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Dunlavin Market House, from 1730.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Dunlavin
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
10 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.
| Graveslab3 records |
| Historic town1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Memorial stone1 record |
| Gatehouse1 record |
| Settlement deserted - medieval1 record |
| Stone circle1 record |
Just outside Dunlavin: 5
| Tober HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Saint Joseph's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Rathsallagh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Tynte Park (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Tynte Park (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
Homes by age
16% of Dunlavin’s homes are newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Most of Dunlavin’s homes are older than 2001. Dunlavin has an unusual share of homes built between the wars: 10%, where most towns have 3.9%. Look at when Dunlavin’s homes went up and one period leads: from 1946 to 1980, with 25%.
8.6%
Before 1919
10%
1919–45
25%
1946–80
25%
1981–2000
17%
2001–10
16%
Since 2011
DunlavinTypical 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
Dunlavin and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlavin | 1,074 | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| Kilcullen | 3,815 | 30 | 2 | 2 |
| Athgarvan | 1,193 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Curragh Camp | 1,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 38 | 1 | 11 |
| Newbridge | 24,366 | 89 | 1 | 4 |
| Blessington | 5,611 | 27 | 0 | 19 |
In brief
Dunlavin in brief
More of Dunlavin’s homes are old than in most places: 8.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 17 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Dunlavin Market House. Of the whole list, 82% are homes.
Of the 17 with a date, 16 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Dunlavin Market House, from 1730. The archaeological record adds 10 sites.
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 Dunlavin’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Dunlavin?
17 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Dunlavin are of national importance?
Dunlavin Market House.
What is the oldest building in Dunlavin?
Dunlavin Market House: the first date on its record is 1730.
Are there archaeological sites in Dunlavin?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 10 archaeological sites inside Dunlavin.
How old are the homes in Dunlavin?
8.6% 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).