List of National Monuments in Ulster facts for kids

Photo of a typical Notice (Irish: Fógra) at a National Monument in the Republic of Ireland. Only three of Ulster's nine counties lie within the Republic. The other six counties make up Northern Ireland.

The Irish state has officially approved the following List of National Monuments of Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland, a structure or site may be deemed to be a "National Monument", and therefore worthy of state protection, if it is of national importance. If the land adjoining the monument is essential to protect it, this land may also be protected.

Only National Monuments in Counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan are under the protection of the Irish Government as the rest of Ulster is part of Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland, such monuments are usually termed scheduled monuments and are under the protection of the Department for Communities, a department created by the Northern Ireland Executive in April 2016. Previously, such monuments were under the protection of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (N.I.E.A.), which was part of the former Department of the Environment (the D.o.E.).

National Monuments in Ulster

This list is initially sorted by county. If the list is sorted under another heading, the county links above will take you to the first item from the county in the sorted list

NM#	Monument name	Description	Image	Townland	County	Location
585	Cabragh Ringfort	Ringfort		Cabragh	Cavan Cavan	54°03′14″N 7°06′32″W / 54.053887°N 7.109°W / 54.053887; -7.109
456	Cohaw	Court Tomb		Cohaw	Cavan Cavan	54°04′N 7°02′W / 54.06°N 7.03°W / 54.06; -7.03
4	Drumlane	Church & Round Tower		Drumlane	Cavan Cavan	54°02′N 7°17′W / 54.03°N 7.28°W / 54.03; -7.28
585	Errigal Ringfort	Ringfort		Errigal	Cavan Cavan	54°03′57″N 7°06′12″W / 54.065817°N 7.103348°W / 54.065817; -7.103348
570	Gartnanoul	Court Tomb		Gartnanoul	Cavan Cavan	54°20′N 7°13′W / 54.34°N 7.22°W / 54.34; -7.22
602	Cloughoughter Castle	Castle		Inishconnell	Cavan Cavan	54°01′N 7°14′W / 54.01°N 7.23°W / 54.01; -7.23
616	Lisnagowan Ringfort	Ringfort		Lisnagowan	Cavan Cavan	54°03′32″N 7°18′14″W / 54.058911°N 7.303790°W / 54.058911; -7.303790
139.01	Glencolumbkille Church	Church & Holy Well		Beefan	Donegal Donegal	54°43′05″N 8°44′19″W / 54.717984°N 8.738608°W / 54.717984; -8.738608
140	Grianan of Aileach	Cashel		Carrowreagh, Speenogue, Toulett	Donegal Donegal	55°01′00″N 7°26′00″W / 55.016667°N 7.433333°W / 55.016667; -7.433333 (Grianan of Aileach)
139.02	Glencolumbkille Cashel	Penitential Station		Cashel	Donegal Donegal	54°42′32″N 8°43′20″W / 54.708756°N 8.722247°W / 54.708756; -8.722247
319	Doe Castle	Castle		Creeslough	Donegal Donegal	55°08′06″N 7°51′52″W / 55.135053°N 7.864323°W / 55.135053; -7.864323 (Doe Castle)
271	Carndonagh	Cross		Churchland Quarters, Clonca	Donegal Donegal	55°15′00″N 7°16′20″W / 55.249955°N 7.272177°W / 55.249955; -7.272177
25	Clonca Church & Cross	Church, High Cross & Grave Slab		Clonca	Donegal Donegal	55°16′04″N 7°10′25″W / 55.267882°N 7.173547°W / 55.267882; -7.173547
174	Donegal Castle	Castle		Donegal	Donegal Donegal	54°39′18″N 8°06′39″W / 54.654922°N 8.110847°W / 54.654922; -8.110847 (Donegal Castle)
175	Donegal Abbey	Friary (Franciscan)		Glebe	Donegal Donegal	54°39′01″N 8°06′55″W / 54.650389°N 8.115289°W / 54.650389; -8.115289 (Donegal Abbey)
658	Inishkeel Island	Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site		Innishkeel Island	Donegal Donegal	54°50′48″N 8°27′11″W / 54.846769°N 8.45295°W / 54.846769; -8.45295
139.03	Malin Beg (Glencolumbkille)	Church & Ringfort		Malin Beg	Donegal Donegal	54°39′54″N 8°46′14″W / 54.665009°N 8.770639°W / 54.665009; -8.770639
139.04	Malin More (Glencolumbkille)	Megalithic Tombs		Malin More	Donegal Donegal	54°40′57″N 8°43′15″W / 54.682566°N 8.720830°W / 54.682566; -8.720830
639	Newmills Corn and Flax Mills	Milling Complex		Milltown	Donegal Donegal	54°55′45″N 7°48′31″W / 54.929152°N 7.80864°W / 54.929152; -7.80864
453	Pluck Standing Stone	Standing Stone		Pluck	Donegal Donegal	54°56′23″N 7°38′11″W / 54.939586°N 7.636319°W / 54.939586; -7.636319
23	Ray Church	Church & Cross		Ray (Raymunterdoney)	Donegal Donegal	55°08′51″N 8°04′14″W / 55.147379°N 8.070682°W / 55.147379; -8.070682
463	Beltany	Stone circle & standing stone		Raphoe	Donegal Donegal	54°51′02″N 7°36′17″W / 54.850417°N 7.604667°W / 54.850417; -7.604667 (Beltany)
24	Tory Island	Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site		Tory Island	Donegal Donegal	55°15′45″N 8°13′00″W / 55.2626°N 8.2168°W / 55.2626; -8.2168 (Tory Island)
435	O'Doherty's Keep	Castle		Tullyarvan	Donegal Donegal	55°08′23″N 7°27′52″W / 55.139652°N 7.464566°W / 55.139652; -7.464566
111	Clones Round Tower	Round Tower		Crossmoyle	Monaghan Monaghan	54°10′41″N 7°13′52″W / 54.178041°N 7.231036°W / 54.178041; -7.231036
112	Clones High Cross	High Cross		Crossmoyle	Monaghan Monaghan	54°10′46″N 7°13′57″W / 54.179470°N 7.232628°W / 54.179470; -7.232628
111	Clones Church	Church		Crossmoyle	Monaghan Monaghan	54°10′41″N 7°13′52″W / 54.178041°N 7.231036°W / 54.178041; -7.231036
382	Mannan Castle	Castle (Motte & Bailey)		Donaghmoyne	Monaghan Monaghan	54°00′33″N 6°41′57″W / 54.009249°N 6.699125°W / 54.009249; -6.699125
208	Inishkeen Glebe Round Tower	Round Tower		Inishkeen Glebe	Monaghan Monaghan	54°00′13″N 6°34′44″W / 54.00368°N 6.578758°W / 54.00368; -6.578758
564	Mullyash Kerbed Cairn	Kerbed cairn		Mullyash, Tavanaskea	Monaghan Monaghan	54°10′27″N 6°40′10″W / 54.174201°N 6.669410°W / 54.174201; -6.669410
367	Cairnbaine	Court Tomb		Tiredigan	Monaghan Monaghan	54°11′50″N 7°04′29″W / 54.197304°N 7.074721°W / 54.197304; -7.074721