Built heritage Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of
ringfort and
enclosure sites in the
townlands of Narraghmore, Narraghmore Demesne and Lipstown. The Church of the Holy Saviour, a
Church of Ireland chapel, was built between 1860 and 1863 as a private/estate chapel in Narraghmore Demesne. Located on the site of an earlier church, some of the works on the church are attributed to the architect
Robert Jewell Withers. The former courthouse and post office in Narraghmore village, now a private house, dates from and may have been built to replace an earlier structure that was burned during the
Irish Rebellion of 1798.
1798 Rebellion A number of actions, between the rebel
United Irishmen and loyalist
yeomanry and
British Army, occurred in the Narraghmore area during the 1798 Rebellion. For example, during a rebel assault on Narraghmore's courthouse on 24 May 1798, three loyalists were killed and six were captured. In subsequent engagements in the area, including an assault involving several thousand rebels, seven loyalist troops and around 200 rebels were killed. A number of the Narraghmore yeomanry, who had sided and fought with the rebels, were killed. In nearby Dunlavin, suspected United Irish prisoners were executed, including nine yeomen from Narraghmore. home of
Colonel Maurice Keatinge at Narraghmore. ==Amenities and sport==