Overview
house — DUNKELLIN is recorded as house in Galway. Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic storey, built c.1800. Pitched thatched roof having decoratively scolloped ridge, and painted rendered chimneystack.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic storey, built c.1800.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched thatched roof having decoratively scolloped ridge, and painted rendered chimneystack.
How it changed
The saved account records: Painted roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth course.
What survives
The saved account records: Square-headed window openings having painted smooth rendered reveals and painted stone sills with replacement timber windows.
Why it mattered
house — DUNKELLIN matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The low elevation and chimneystack, thick walls, and small openings are typical of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. Once common throughout the countryside and small villages, thatched buildings have become increasingly rare, and the survival of this example is notable. It retains its original form and structure. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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