Shillelagh Church (Aghowle) · Photo: Anna Maria 4574 · CC BY-SA 4.0Shillelagh: 18% of homes built before 1919
Against 3.4% in the typical town, Shillelagh has 5 times the share. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 31 buildings in Shillelagh. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1750.
Shillelagh’s buildings in 2 pictures
Go back furthest in Shillelagh with Shillelagh Church (Aghowle): 1830. 2 of the places on Shillelagh’s record are pictured here; the others show their record card. Two to begin with: Shillelagh Church (Aghowle) and “Worker's house, 3 Main Street, Shillelagh”.
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 Shillelagh’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).
31 historic places in Shillelagh
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 12, A to Z
19 recorded by their type and address
19 are recorded only by their type and address: 18 homes and 1 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Shillelagh’s record leans to homes: 71%
The second-largest group on the record is walls, gates and bridges, with 3. Two of the highest-rated records are Bendemere and The Old Rectory. Of national importance in Shillelagh: none; the record is regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Shillelagh’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 31 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Bendemere, from 1750.
Just outside Shillelagh
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Shillelagh: 18
| Coolattin Park (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Coolattin LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Hunter's Lodge and Oak HavenRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Coolattin Park (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Quails Wood House and Abbeygale HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Worker's house, CoolattinRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Worker's house, CoolattinRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Worker's house, CoolattinRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Worker's house, 14 Quarry Street, ShillelaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Worker's house, 15 Quarry Street, ShillelaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Worker's house, 18 Quarry Street, ShillelaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Worker's house, 3 Quarry Street, ShillelaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Worker's house, 7 Quarry Street, ShillelaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Worker's house, 8 Quarry Street, ShillelaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Worker's house, 9 Quarry Street, ShillelaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Worker's house, 1 Quarry Street, ShillelaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Worker's house, 2 Quarry Street, ShillelaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Worker's house, CoolattinRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
Few of Shillelagh’s homes are newer than 2011: 2.7%, against 5.8%
Take 2001 as the dividing line: more of Shillelagh’s homes stand on the older side. The period that gave Shillelagh the most homes is in the 2000s: 39%. Fewer of Shillelagh’s homes than usual date from 1981 to 2000: 16%, against 24%.
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.
Shillelagh and its neighbours
Shillelagh in brief
More of Shillelagh’s homes are old than in most places: 18% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 31 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 71%, are homes. Of the 31 with a date, 29 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Bendemere, from 1750.
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 Shillelagh’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Shillelagh?
31 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Shillelagh?
Bendemere: the first date on its record is 1750.
How old are the homes in Shillelagh?
18% 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) · 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).