SECTION 3a. PROPOSED BALLYBOFEY/ STRANORLAR ADDITIONS · THE 14TH MARCH 1923'. Incised lettering to base\lower plinth inscribed 'ERECTED BY THE CO.DONEGAL MARTYRS COMMITTEE'. Site

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The following schedule lists the reference number, name, type and location of each proposed addition located in

Ballybofey/ Stranorlar, together with the page number on which a more detailed schedule can be viewed.

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40838001 Drumboe Martyrs Memorial Memorial Drumboe Lower, Stranorlar 150

40838010 Allied Irish Bank Bank/ financial institution Main Street, Ballybofey 151

40838016 Goodness me House/ shop Main Street, Ballybofey 153

40838018 G. Barrett & Son House and Public House Main Street, Back Lane, Ballybofey

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40838019 Victor's Restaurant Restaurant Main Street, Ballybofey 155

40838020 No name House Main Street, Ballybofey 157

40838021 Balor Theatre Hall Main Street, Ballybofey 159

40838025 No name House Drumboe Avenue, Stranorlar 161

40838026 No name House Main Street, Stranorlar 163

40838027 The Haven House Main Street, Stranorlar 165


40838030 Stranorlar Parochial House House Main Street, Stranorlar 168


40838034 James Boyle & Co. Solicitors Public house Main Street, Stranorlar 172

40838042 Stranorlar Presbyterian Manse House Meetinghouse Lane, Stranorlar 174

40838044 Former Stranorlar Reformed House Dunwiley Road, Stranorlar 176

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Presbyterian Manse

40838047 Drumboe Castle Outbuilding/ walled garden Drumboe Lower, Stranorlar 178

40838048 Stranorlar Catholic Graveyard Graveyard/ cemetery Chapel Lane, Stranorlar 180

40907834 No name (Former) House Drumboe, Stranorlar 181

40907835 Dunwiley House House Dunwiley, Stranorlar 183

40907836 Former Union Workhouse Graveyard

Graveyard/ cemetery Mullindrait, Stranorlar 186

40907838 Finn View House House Treanamullin 187

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40838001 Monument

Drumboe Martyrs Memorial

Drumboe Lower, Stranorlar

Freestanding memorial monument, erected c. 1958, comprising ashlar limestone Celtic high cross-style monument with Celtic interlacing motifs to front face (south) set on two-stage ashlar limestone plinth (on square-plan). Incised lettering to front face (south) of plinth reading 'IN PROUD AND GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE DRUMBOE MARTYRS, COMDT GEN CHARLES DALY, BRIGD COMDT SEAN LARKIN, LIEUT DANIEL ENRIGHT AND LIEUT TIMOTHY O SULLIVAN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE DEFENCE OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC AT THIS SPOT ON THE 14TH MARCH 1923'. Incised lettering to base\lower plinth inscribed 'ERECTED BY THE CO.DONEGAL MARTYRS COMMITTEE'. Site enclosed by rendered boundary wall (on sub rectangular-plan); modern mild steel\iron gate to the south-west corner of site. Flight of concrete steps from gateway to monument, series of three metal flagpoles to the rear (north) of site. Located in the rural countryside on a sloping site in pasture land to the north-west of the centre of Ballybofey; set within the former demesne of Drumboe Castle (demolished c. 1945), to the north of the site of the house. Site overlooks the River Finn to the south

This simple memorial monument is an interesting feature of some artistic and historic merit in the rural countryside to the north-west of the centre of Ballybofey. It uses the traditional Irish symbol of a Celtic high cross with Celtic interlacing, which is the primary monument form for Irish First World War, War of Independence and Civil War memorials/monuments, examples of which can be found throughout the country. The standard of workmanship to the Celtic interlacing is noteworthy and is of some artistic merit. This monument commemorates the execution of four anti-Treaty republicans\IRA volunteers (Commandant General Charles Daly, Brigadier Commandant Sean Larkin, Lieutenant Daniel Enright, and Lieutenant Timothy O'Sullivan), known as the 'Drumboe Martyrs', who were captured by Free State forces near Errigal and imprisoned at Drumboe Castle (now demolished; 1945) in 1922, tried and sentenced to death in January 1923, and subsequently executed by firing squad here at Drumboe on the 14th of March 1923. It now serves as a solemn historic artefact commemorating this horrific event during the tragedy that was the Irish Civil War, and it is an addition to the built heritage and social history of the local area.

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40838010 Bank / Financial Institution

Allied Irish Bank

Main Street, Ballybofey

Attached two-bay three-storey bank building with bank manager's accommodation over, built c. 1897, having projecting box-bays to upper floors, half-dormer attic level, bank front at ground floor level, and with three-storey return and gabled stair return to the rear (south). Modern single-storey extension to the rear (built 1994). Possibly originally built as a branch of the Hibernian Bank, now in use by the Allied Irish Bank. Pitched natural slate roof (purple slate) with moulded eaves cornice, stepped rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends (east and west) having moulded cornices to heads, and cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative hoppers, decorative tie plates with floral motifs and profiled gutters; flat roofs to half-dormer openings having moulded render cornices to heads with raised render decoration under. Painted smooth rendered walls with moulded render stringcourses to projecting box-bays between first and second floor level. Square-headed window openings at first floor level having tripartite timber casement windows and stone sills; paired square-headed window openings to half-dormers at second floor level having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and with moulded render sill course under incorporating profiled rainwater gutters. Bankfront at ground floor level comprising two central segmental/basket-headed fixed-pane

This eclectic bank building, of late-nineteenth or early twentieth-century date, retains its early form and character, and is one of the most appealing buildings surviving along Main Street, Ballybofey. Its integrity is enhanced by the retention of the majority of its salient fabric including natural slate roof, decorative cast-iron rainwater goods, timber sash and timber-framed windows, and timber doors. The front elevation is enlivened by the extensive render detailing, particularly to the fine classical bankfront at ground floor level. This bankfront is based on the classical formula of engaged pilasters supporting entablature over, with the frieze acting as the fascia for the bank/institution name. The choice of design for this bankfront draws on the traditional classical theme used for bank building architecture at this time, the classical theme helping to convey a sense of security and permanence to its customers. It also suggests that this building was purposely built as a bank. The decorative cast-iron rainwater goods are another feature of note with the gutters cleverly concealed within stringcourses and eaves course. This building may have originally been built as a branch of the Hibernian Bank in 1897 to designs by Edward Toye (1857 - 1932), a Derry-born architect who worked extensively in Donegal during the 1890s until the c. 1913. Toye was responsible for the designs of the Catholic churches at Burtonport, Ardara, Glenties, Bruckless

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three-over-two pane windows, moulded render reveals, and with incised decoration to apron panels, and central engaged Doric\classical pilaster; projecting pedimented segmental\basket-headed doorways to either end with squared-headed timber panelled doors with bolection mouldings, moulded reveals, multi-paned overlights (coloured leaded glass to overlight to the east end with central floral motif, three-over-three toplight over to overlight to the west end), and with pedimented surround comprising engaged Doric\classical pilasters with moulded plinths supporting moulded render pediments over; moulded entablature over having bank name to frieze and with moulded cornice over incorporating moulded rainwater goods; decorative scrolled to ends of frieze to doorways. Road-fronted to the west end of the centre of Main Street, Ballybofey. Laneway to the south-east, off Navenny Street, with gateway giving access to yard to rear (south) of site comprising a pair of pebbledashed brick gate piers (on square-plan) with cut stone copping and cut stone ball finials over.

(see 40909801), and at Mountcharles (see 40847017), as well was other branches for the Hibernian Bank at Derry City, Cavan Town, Edenderry in County Offaly, and Tubercurry (alterations) and Ballymote in County Sligo. This building is one of the better structures in Ballybofey, and is an integral element of the built heritage of the town.

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40838016 House/ Shop

Goodness Me 9 Main Street, Ballybofey

Attached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, having shopfront to ground floor added\altered c. 1900 and c. 1960. Pitched natural slate roof having clayware ridge tiles, moulded render eaves course\cornice, cast-iron rainwater goods including profiled gutter, and with rendered chimneystack to the east gable end. Smooth rendered walls with raised render channelled banded quoins at ground floor level. Square-headed window openings at first floor level having four-over-two pane timber-sash windows; fixed-pane display windows to shopfront. Recessed square-headed doorway to shopfront, offset to the west side of centre, having timber panelled door with glazed upper panel with margin glazing bars. Tiled mosaic detailing to stallrisers, entrance and to threshold, with modern metal gates flush with front elevation. Render shopfront having engaged fluted pilasters to either end with moulded render plinths, Ionic-style capitals with egg-and-dart motifs, raised circular motifs to frieze, brackets over pilasters having segmental pedimented finials over, and with moulded render cornice over having brackets to base. Modern timber fascia with shop name. Road-fronted to the centre of Ballybofey.

This attractive building, of late nineteenth-century appearance, retains much of its early character despite some alterations to the shopfront. Its architectural integrity is enhanced by the retention of much of its salient fabric including distinctive four-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows at first floor level and a natural slate roof. Of particular significance is the elaborate classical style render shopfront, perhaps a later addition c. 1900, with well-detailed pilasters, pronounced terminating brackets, and with bracketed cornice over. This shopfront is probably the best surviving traditional shopfront surviving in Ballybofey, and adds significantly to the streetscape of the town. It is based on a simplification of the classical formula of pilasters supporting entablature with pronounced cornice over, with the frieze acting as the fascia for the shop name. Such shopfronts are\were a feature of the streetscapes of Irish towns and villages but are now becoming increasingly rare survivals. The shopfront itself was altered, c. 1960, with the insertion of tiled stallrisers and a recessed entrance. This building is one of the better surviving buildings in Ballybofey, and is an integral element of the built heritage of the town.

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40838018 Public House

G. Barrett & Son

Main Street and Back Lane, Ballybofey

Attached corner-sited end-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic level, built c. 1840, having pubfront to ground floor level, added c. 1900. Two-storey return to the rear (south) on L-shaped plan; modern extension to the south end of return having modern shopfront. Pitched natural slate roof (purple slate) having rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends, projecting eaves course, and some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course, smooth rendered finish to later shopfront, and with raised smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to the east corner (at first floor level to front elevation). Square-headed window openings to upper floor having smooth rendered reveals, stone sills, and replacement windows; square-headed window to pubfront having fixed-pane display window with modern leaded coloured glass window behind. Two square-headed doorways to the main elevation (north), one to the east end and one to the centre of the pubfront, having timber panelled door and plain overlight. Render\stucco pubfront to the north elevation comprising fluted pilasters on moulded plinths supporting entablature over with pronounced cornice; painted lettering to timber fascia. Road-fronted to the east end of Main Street, Ballybofey. Walled yard to the rear (south).

This prominent and well-proportioned corner-sited building, of mid-nineteenth century appearance, retains much of its early character and form despite some modern extensions and intervention. The simple, balanced proportions of this building conform well to surrounding architectural typology along the Main Street of Ballybofey. Its visual appeal is enhanced by the retention of the natural slate roof although the loss of the original window fittings takes away from its visual appeal. Of particular significance is the survival of the simple but elegant classical render\stucco pubfront to the name elevation, which makes a significant positive contribution to the streetscape of Ballybofey. This pubfront, probably a later addition c. 1900, is based on a simplification of the classical formula of pilasters supporting entablature with cornice over, and with the frieze acting as the fascia for the premises' name. Such shopfronts are\were a feature of the streetscapes of Irish towns and villages but are now becoming increasingly rare survivals. The steeply pitched roof is another distinctive feature that it shares with its neighbours to the west, which suggests that they were built as part of a common building programme. This building makes a positive contribution to the streetscape of Ballybofey, creating a focal point in the streetscape to the east of the town centre, and is a modest addition to the built heritage of the town.

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40838019 Restaurant

Former Market House, known as Old Finn College

Main Street, Ballybofey

Attached three-bay two-storey former market house, built 1862, having central shallow full-height single-bay breakfront, projecting full-height pilasters (on square-plan) to the corners of the main elevation (north), and with screen walls to either side (east and west) of the main elevation having integral round-headed carriage-arches with ashlar sandstone surrounds. Central section now in use as a restaurant with carriage-arch to the west now infilled to provide kitchen area. Formerly in use as offices. Former blocks to the south now demolished with modern structures arranged around central courtyard to the south. Hipped natural with central shallow pediment to central breakfront, cut stone eaves cornice, cut stone blocks to either end (east and west), and with surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods; raised stepped cut stone coping to screen walls having yellow brick eaves course with moulded cut stone cornice over. Roughly squared and coursed rubble stone walls over projecting battered cut stone plinth having pulvinated cut stone stringcourse over, yellow brick eaves course with yellow brick eaves course, flush yellow brick block-and-start quoin detailing to corners of pilasters and breakfront, and yellow brick course above ground floor openings having flush ashlar sandstone course over with moulded sandstone cornice; smooth rendered ruled-and-lined finish to west elevation of main block at first floor level. Roughly squared and coursed

Despite some modern alterations and additions, this impressive and well-proportioned former market house retains much of its early character and form to the front elevation (north). The slightly projecting central breakfront and classical detailing lend it an air of authority and a commanding presence in the streetscape that is befitting of an important civic structure. The round-headed openings and the raised cut stone parapet lend it a vaguely Italianate architectural character that was en vogue for the design of many civic buildings, banks etc. at the time of construction. The contrast between the grey dimension stone and the yellow brick detailing creates a pleasing visual and tonal variation to the main elevation. The central doorway with dressed ashlar limestone surround to the breakfront, and the paired round-headed window openings over, creates a strong central focus. The former carriage-arches to either side of the main elevation are well-crafted using high quality ashlar sandstone masonry, and are clearly the work of skilled masons. The presence of a fine market house indicates a level of economic prosperity and commercial confidence in Ballybofey at the time of construction. The present complex replaced an earlier market house in Ballybofey, which was located to the west of the present site and which was in existence in 1837 (depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map). The present market house was

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rubble stone construction to screen walls having projecting full-height squared rubble stone pilasters to outer corners with flush yellow brick block-and-start quoin detailing to the corners. Ashlar sandstone surrounds to carriage-arches having projecting cut stone stringcourses at arch springing point; wrought-iron double-gates to carriage-arch to the east, carriage-arch to the west now infilled with modern fixed-pane window fittings and square-headed doorway. Round-headed window openings to outer bays of main block at ground floor level with shallow segmental-headed window openings over at first floor level having stone sills, flush yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, and with replacement fixed-pane two-over-two pane window fittings; paired round-headed window openings to central bay at first floor level having stone sills, flush yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, and with replacement fixed-pane one-over-one pane window fittings. Segmental-headed doorway to centre bay of main block having ashlar sandstone surround with keystone detail, plinth blocks, ashlar sandstone step, and with replacement door, sidelight and overlight. Road-fronted to the centre of Main Street, Ballybofey. Carriage-arch to the east gives access to former market yard.

built to designs by John Guy Ferguson (died 1901), a Derry City born architect who worked extensively in Donegal in the 1860s, designing the Presbyterian churches at nearby Raphoe (1862), at Buncrana (1862), Moville (1862), and the Church of Ireland church at Burt (1868-9), amongst other commissions. The main contractor\builder involved in the construction of the market house was a McClelland, also of Derry. There were originally two long buildings to either side of the yard to the rear, running perpendicular to the front elevation, now demolished or heavily altered. Slater's Directory of 1881 records that a market for grain, pork and butter was held every Saturday, a market for flax each Friday, while the edition of 1894 records that a market for oats, pork and butter was held here every Thursday. This fine building is one of the more important elements of the built heritage of Ballybofey, and is an integral element of the built heritage and social history of the town.

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40838020 House

No name Main Street, Ballybofey

Attached two-bay two storey house with attic level, built c. 1910, having full-height canted-bay window to the west end of the main elevation (south), and with two-storey return to the rear (north). Pitched natural slate roof having moulded render eaves course, clayware ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with yellow brick chimneystacks to the gable ends (east and west). Flat roof to canted-bay window, hidden behind raised rendered parapet with cornice, having wrought-iron\mild steel railings over. Pebbledashed walls over smooth rendered plinth course with smooth rendered strips to corners, and with flush smooth rendered stringcourses. Smooth rendered finish to canted-bay having raised shouldered pebbledashed panels to stallrisers with moulded render surrounds, smooth rendered plinth to base, and with moulded smooth rendered stringcourses\cornices. Square-headed window opening to east end of main body of building (over doorway) having painted sill, replacement timber window fittings, and with moulded rendered surround comprising fluted pilasters with Doric-type capitals, and with entablature over with cornice. Square-headed window openings to canted-bay having continuous sills, replacement timber windows, and with smooth rendered surrounds with plain pilasters and cornice detail over. Square-headed doorway to the east

This attractive house, of late nineteenth or early twentieth-century appearance, retains much of its original form and character despite some modern alterations. The front elevation is enlivened by the extensive render detailing, particularly by the elaborate surrounds to the openings, which helps to give this building a strong presence in the streetscape. Its visual expression and integrity is enhanced by the retention of the natural slate roof but the loss of the early fittings to the openings detracts somewhat. The canted-bay window is a typical feature of many late-Victorian and Edwardian middle-class houses in Irish towns but is a rare feature in Ballybofey, adding variety of the streetscape of the town. The simple but appealing wrought-iron railings add to the setting and context, and complete this composition, which is an integral element of the built heritage of the town.

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end of the main elevation (south) having replacement timber door, leaded overlight, and with render surround comprising fluted pilasters (on square-plan) over plinth blocks to base, Doric-type capitals, and with pediment over having frieze to base with terminating scroll motifs. Set slightly back from road to the east end of the centre of Ballybofey. Small enclosed yard to the front (south) having smooth rendered boundary walls having decorative wrought-iron railings over; wrought-iron pedestrian gate serving doorway.

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40838021 Hall

Balor Theatre, Main Street, Ballybofey

Detached three-bay one-and-two-storey former cinema, built 1945-6, comprising single- and two-storey entrance block on complex irregular-plan having advanced bay to the west end of the entrance front (south) with curved corners, recessed bay to the east end of the entrance front having curved corner, central entrance bay (on square-plan) having canopy porch with curved corners, and with multiple-bay double-height auditorium block to the north having clasping buttresses to side elevations (east and west). Single-storey block to the east side of auditorium having mono-pitched roof over. Now in use as a theatre and arts centre. Flat roofs to the entrance block (south) hidden behind raised smooth rendered parapets with concrete coping over, shallow pitched roof to auditorium with rendered chimneystack to the rear (north). Painted smooth rendered walls; applied raised lettering reading 'RITZ to the centre bay of the entrance front, over doorway, with modern electronic display panel to base. Double-height square-headed window opening to projecting west bay to entrance front having fixed glass block lights. Square-headed window openings to other elevations having modern window fittings. Square-headed door opening to centre bay of entrance front having a pair of glazed timber double-doors; doorway accessed up flight of steps with curved corners, and with mosaic

This striking if stark mid twentieth-century International-style cinema retains its original form and character to the entrance front despite some alterations. The irregular almost blank entrance front with clean lines, the double-height glass block lights, the raised parapets hiding flat-roofs, are all interesting features that are features of the International-style of architecture with, perhaps, some subdued Art Deco references in the curved corners, the curved canopy porch and the mosaic tiled decoration to the entrance steps. This type of architecture was commonly applied to cinema buildings in Ireland, and throughout the world, at the time of construction, and was seen as reflecting the 'modern' and 'futuristic' image of cinema during its heyday from the 1930s to the 1960s. In common with many contemporary cinemas across the county the application of a futuristic style extends only to the entrance block, with the auditorium block encompassing a much more utilitarian design. This cinema was built to designs by the Belfast architect John McBride Neill (1905 - 1974), a prolific and noted designer of individualistic cinemas, almost exclusively in Northern Ireland - this is his only known commission in the Republic, from c. 1929 until the 1950s. It was built for a William Barry and was completed during the winter of 1945/46. Although somewhat dilapidated, this striking building represents a rare example of its type and date in Donegal,

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tiled decoration to lips of threads. Square-headed doorways\emergency exits to side and rear elevations (north) having modern fittings. Set slightly back from street-frontage to the east end of Ballybofey with paved forecourt to south. Laneways to the east and west side elevations giving access to the rear.

and is an integral and eye-catching element of the architectural heritage of Ballybofey, adding variety to the streetscape to the east end of the centre of the town.

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40838025 House

No name Drumboe, Avenue Stranorlar

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910, having projecting single-bay flat-roofed porch to the centre of the main elevation (south-west). Hipped natural slate roof having projecting smooth rendered eaves course, clayware ridge tiles and a central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks having render cornice. Render cornice to porch with moulded console brackets to either end of the front elevation (south-west). Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with render block-and-start quoins, smooth rendered plinth course, and with stringcourse over ground floor window openings. Square-headed window openings at first floor level having plain raised rendered surrounds, painted sills, and six-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows; paired square-headed window openings at ground floor level having projecting plain rendered surround with moulded render cornices over, continuous sills, and with six-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to the front elevation of porch (south-west) having replacement timber panelled door with glazed upper half, glazed surround with overlight and sidelights, and with concrete step. Set back from road in own grounds to the south-west of the centre of Stranorlar, and along small road to the north-west of Main Street. Tarmacadam forecourt to site. Single-storey gable-fronted garage to the

This well-proportioned house, of early twentieth century date, retains its original character and form. Its integrity and visual expression is enhanced by the retention of much of its salient fabric including natural slate roof and timber sliding sash windows. The six-over-one arrangement of the windows is a feature of many buildings with Arts and Crafts-style influence that were built during the last decades of the nineteenth century into the twentieth century. The front elevation of this house is enhanced by the restrained render detailing and the simple but effective surrounds to the window openings, particularly to the paired windows at ground floor windows having cornices over. The form of this building suggests that may have been built to house an official of some description or, perhaps, as a schoolmaster's residence etc. It is a late example of a three-bay two-storey house with central doorways, examples of which date from the eighteenth century onwards and are ubiquitous features of the rural Irish landscape and of small towns and villages throughout the country. The simple but appealing gate posts complete the setting of this unassuming composition, which is an addition to the built heritage of Stranorlar

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north-east of site. Entrance gateway to the south-west comprising mild steel or wrought-iron gates with cast-iron gate posts; rendered boundary walls to site.

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40838026 House

No name Main Street, Stranorlar

Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built 1935, having gabled-fronted full-height canted bay window to the north-east end of the main elevation (south-east). One of a pair with the building adjacent to the north-east (see 40838027). Hipped natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, projecting eaves course, profiled metal rainwater goods, and with central redbrick chimneystack (shared with building to the north-east) having render cornice, profiled stringcourse and terracotta chimneypots; timber finial to gable-fronted canted bay. Pebbledashed walls to main body of building over chamfered red brick plinth course, and with red brick bands\quoin detailing to the south-west corner; smooth rendered walls to canted bay over chamfered red brick plinth course, and with painted smooth render or timber 'timber framed/Tudoresque' detailing over to gable. Square-headed window opening to main body of building at first floor level having red brick bands to surround, timber casement windows, and painted sill. Square-headed window openings to canted bay having timber casement windows; leaded coloured glass panels to upper panels at ground floor level. Square-headed door opening to the south-west end of the main elevation (south-east) having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings, plain overlight, red brick bands to surround, timber casement

This house, of mid-twentieth-century date, retains its original form and character. Its visual expression is enhanced by the retention of its salient fabric and materials, while the unusual brick detailing, the encaustic tiled threshold, and the leaded coloured glass panels to the windows and the inner door add some decorative interest. The variety of finishes and textures to the main elevation and the 'timber framed/Tudoresque' detailing to the canted bay gable helps to further enliven the front elevation of this building. The canted bay window is a feature of many late nineteenth-century and early-to-mid twentieth-century houses. This building is of a type that is common in the expanding contemporary suburbs of the larger towns and cities, particularly Dublin, but is a relatively uncommon building type in Donegal. This building forms a pair of interesting building along with its neighbour to the north-east (see 40838027) and makes a positive contribution to the streetscape of Stranorlar. The simple boundary walls and gateway have a similar decorative treatment to the house, adding to the setting and completing this composition

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windows, plain overlight, and pre-cast concrete canopy hood supported on pre-cast concrete brackets; glazed inner door with leaded coloured glass panel to upper section, and with encaustic tiled threshold. Set back from the road to the south-west of the centre of Stranorlar with gardens to front and rear. Single-storey outbuilding to the rear (north-west) having painted brick walls and lean-to slate roof. Site bounded to front (south-east) by red brick boundary wall having smooth rendered plinth course and smooth rendered coping over. Gateway to the south-west end of boundary wall having a pair of pebbledashed gate piers (on square-plan) having smooth rendered plinth, smooth rendered bands to corners, smooth rendered pyramidal capstones, painted brick detailing to heads, and with a pair of decorative wrought-iron or mild steel gates.

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40838027 House

The Haven Main Street, Stranorlar

Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built 1935, having gabled-fronted full-height canted bay window to the south-west end of the main elevation (south-east). One of a pair with the building adjacent to the south-west (see 40838026). Hipped natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, projecting eaves course, profiled metal rainwater goods, and with central redbrick chimneystack (shared with building to the south-west) having render cornice, profiled stringcourse and terracotta chimneypots; timber finial to gable-fronted canted bay. Pebbledashed walls to main body of building over chamfered red brick plinth course, and with red brick bands\quoin detailing to the north-east corner; smooth rendered walls to canted bay over chamfered red brick plinth course, and with painted smooth render or timber 'timber framed/Tudoresque' detailing over to gable. Square-headed window opening to main body of building at first floor level having red brick bands to surround, timber casement windows, and painted sill. Square-headed window openings to canted bay having timber casement windows; leaded coloured glass panels to upper panels at ground floor level. Square-headed door opening to the north-east end of the main elevation (south-east) having timber door, plain overlight, red brick bands to surround, timber casement windows, plain overlight, and pre-cast

This house, of mid-twentieth-century date, retains its original form and character. Its visual expression is enhanced by the retention of much of its salient fabric and materials, while the unusual brick detailing, the encaustic tiled threshold, and the leaded coloured glass panels to the windows add some decorative interest. The variety of finishes and textures to the main elevation and the 'timber framed/Tudoresque' detailing to the canted bay gable helps to further enliven the front elevation of this building. The canted bay window is a feature of many late nineteenth-century and early-to-mid twentieth-century houses. This building is of a type that is common in the expanding contemporary suburbs of the larger towns and cities, particularly Dublin, but is a relatively uncommon building type in Donegal. This building forms a pair of interesting building along with its neighbour to the south-west (see 40838026) and makes a positive contribution to the streetscape of Stranorlar. The simple boundary walls and gateway have a similar decorative treatment to the house, adding to the setting and completing this composition.

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concrete canopy hood supported on pre-cast concrete brackets; replacement glazed inner door with encaustic tiled threshold. Set back from the road to the south-west of the centre of Stranorlar with gardens to front and rear. Single-storey outbuilding to the rear (north-west) having painted brick walls and lean-to slate roof. Site bounded to front (south-east) by red brick boundary wall having smooth rendered plinth course and smooth rendered coping over; pebbledashed boundary wall (on quadrant-plan) to the north-east end of front boundary having smooth rendered plinth course, smooth rendered vertical bands creating pebbledashed panels, and with smooth rendered coping over. Gateway to the north-east end of boundary wall having a pair of pebbledashed gate piers (on square-plan) having smooth rendered plinth, smooth rendered bands to corners, smooth rendered pyramidal capstones, painted brick detailing to heads, and with a pair of decorative wrought-iron or mild steel gates.

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40838029 House


Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1830 and altered c. 1870. One of a pair with the building adjacent to the south-west (possibly originally one separate property with adjacent building and later subdivided). Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) having projecting rendered eaves course, modern rooflights, cast-iron rainwater goods, and smooth rendered chimneystacks to either end (chimneystack to the south-west shared with adjacent building). Smooth rendered wall over smooth rendered plinth course with raised rendered block-and-start quoins to the north-east corner of the front elevation; roughcast rendered finish to the north-east side elevation and to the rear (north-west). Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows and painted sills; square-headed window openings to the rear elevation (north-west) having six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows to rear with stone sills, and with central fixed timber two pane light below eaves. Central square-headed door opening to the main elevation with replacement timber panelled door, plain overlight and tooled stone plinth blocks. Road-fronted to the south-west of the centre of Stranorlar. Garden to rear (north-west) bounded by roughcast rendered walls. Laneway to the north-west end giving access to rear.

This unassuming building, of mid nineteenth-century appearance, retains its early form and character, both to the front and rear elevations. Its visual expression and integrity is enhanced by the retention of much of its original fabric including timber sliding sash windows and tooled block blocks to the doorway. The loss of the original roof covering, although regrettable, fails to detract substantially from its appeal. Buildings of this type were, until recent years, a ubiquitous feature of the streetscapes of small Irish towns and villages but are now becoming increasingly rare, which makes this example in Stranorlar and increasingly rare intact example of its type. It forms a pair of related structures with the heavily altered building adjacent to the south-west; the shared roofline indicating that they were built at the same time. It also represents one of the earliest surviving buildings in this part of Stranorlar providing an historical insight into the expansion of Stranorlar during the mid-to-late nineteenth-century, an expansion that eventually lead to the merger of the town with Ballybofey across the River Finn to the south-west. This modest building makes a positive contribution

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40838030 House

Stranorlar Parochial House

Main Street, Stranorlar

Detached three-bay two-storey with dormer attic former parochial house, built c. 1880, having single-storey canted bay window to the north-east end bay of the front elevation (south-east) having hipped feathered ashlar sandstone roof detail over. Now in use as a private house with single-storey return to the rear (north-west). Hipped and pitched natural slate roofs (half-hipped to end bays to front elevation) with remains of clay ridge tiles\cresting to central ridge, wrought-iron foliate finials and clay ridge tiles to half-hipped bays to either end of front elevation, central gable-fronted dormer window opening having trefoil-headed one-over-two pane timber sliding sash window and with wrought-iron foliate finial over, and with four stepped ashlar sandstone chimneystacks (one to either gable end and two aligned to rear pitch of central ridge) having moulded stringcourses and with decorative polygonal terracotta pots over. Surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with flush ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners, and painted projecting chamfered (rendered ashlar?) plinth to base. Central trefoil-headed statue niche to central bay at first floor level having flush cut stone surround, recessed niche with statue of the Virgin Mary, hoodmoulding over with decorative label stops, and with fluer-de-lys finial over. Square-headed window openings with flush ashlar block-and-start surrounds with chamfered reveals, cut stone lintels

This appealing former parochial house, of late nineteenth-century appearance, retains its early form and character. Its front elevation is distinguished by the variety of structural forms (particularly at roofscape level), the well-detailed statue niche above the front door, the ashlar quoins to the corners, the ashlar chimneystacks, the detailing to the canted bay, and by the good-quality ashlar surrounds to the openings, which are features that help to elevate this building above many of its type and date in County Donegal. The form of this building is reminiscent of a many contemporary convent buildings located throughout Ireland. Its visual expression is enhanced by the retention of the majority of its salient fabric including timber sliding sash windows with horizontal glazing bars, wrought-iron finials, natural slate roofs, and decorative ridge cresting, while the wide Tudor-arched doorway provides a well-detailed and attractive central focus to the main elevation. The location of this building along the main street in Stranorlar is unusual for a building of its type, which are more usually built on the periphery of towns and generally in more secluded situations. This building forms a pair of related structures along with the associated Catholic church to the south-west (see 40838023), and makes a strongly positive contribution to the streetscape of Stranorlar. This building remained in use as a parochial house

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over with chamfered reveals, moulded cut stone sills, and with two-over-two horizontal pane timber sliding sash windows; flush cut stone relieving arches over ground floor window openings. Cut stone construction to canted bay window having chamfered cut stone mullions, chamfered cut stone lintels, and chamfered cut stone sills. Central four-centred\Tudor-arched doorway to the main elevation having flush ashlar block-and-start surround with chamfered reveals, flush cut stone relieving arch over, square-headed panelled timber door with fielded panels and brass door furniture, plain sidelights over timber panelled stallrisers, plain overlight, and with flight of cut stone (granite) steps. Set back from road in mature grounds to the north-east end of Main Street, Stranorlar, and to the north-west of associated Catholic Church (see 40838023). Gravel forecourt to the front of building. Bounded on street-frontage to the south-east by roughcast rendered boundary wall with rendered coping over. Rubble stone boundary wall to the north-east boundary; modern house built to the south-west of site. Central gateway to former parochial house having a pair of moulded cast-iron gate posts and replacement metal gates.

until the construction of a modern building adjacent to the church to the south, c. 1990.

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40838032 House


Detached three-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic level, built c. 1930, having projecting single-storey box bay windows to either end of the main elevation (north-west) central projecting smooth rendered porch, and with central half-dormer opening. Central two-storey return to rear (south-east) with modern flat-roofed two-storey extension attached to the south-east corner of rear elevation. Half-hipped natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, terracotta finials, render cornice, profiled metal rainwater goods, central pair of yellow brick chimneystacks, and with decorative timber bargeboard to central half-dormer opening. Hipped natural slate roof to half-dormer opening having terracotta ridge tiles and terracotta finials; hipped natural slate roofs to box bay windows having terracotta ridge tiles and render cornice. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth. Basket-arched window openings to main elevation (north-west), paired to box bay windows, having moulded sills, smooth rendered reveals, and nine-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to the rear elevation of main body of building having four-over-four and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Basket-arched door opening to front face of porch having square-headed doorway with timber panelled door with bolection

This interesting house, of early twentieth-century appearance, retains its early form and character. Its visual expression and integrity is enhanced by the retention of its original fabric including natural slate roof, decorative bargeboard to half-dormer opening, timber sliding sash windows and timber door. The nine-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows is reminiscent of the fenestration on Arts-and-Crafts style houses dating form the last decades of the nineteenth century and from the early decades of the twentieth century. The box bay windows, half-hipped roof, projecting porch and the central half-hipped dormer opening create a distinctive and appealing composition that makes a positive contribution to the streetscape to the south-west of the centre of Stranorlar. According to local information this house was originally built by a bank company, probably as a bank manager's residence. The simple but attractive cast-iron gate to the pedestrian gateway adds to the setting, and completes this composition

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mouldings, brass door furniture, and with multi-paned overlight; render cornice to porch. Flight of steps to doorway. Set back from road in an elevated site with garden to front of house, located to the south-west of the centre of Stranorlar. Bounded on road-frontage to the north-east by roughcast rendered boundary wall with smooth rendered coping over. Vehicular gateway to the north-east end of boundary wall having smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) and a pair of wrought-iron gates; pedestrian gateway to the centre of boundary wall having a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) with decorative cast-iron gate.

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40838034 Public House

James Boyle & Co. Solicitors

Main Street, Stranorlar

Terraced three-bay three-storey house with public house to ground floor level, built or modified c. 1880, and having integral segmental-headed carriage-arch to the west end of the front elevation (north). Now in use as public house with offices over at first and second floor level. Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) having rendered chimneystacks to gable ends (east and west), and with paired moulded brackets to eaves supporting profiled cast-iron rainwater goods over; cast-iron downpipes having decorative brackets. Pebbledashed walls to upper floors having smooth rendered\stucco horizontal and vertical bands, and with smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners; channelled smooth rendered walls at ground floor level over projecting smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings to upper floors having replacement windows; smooth rendered surrounds to second floor openings having chamfered reveals, and rendered surrounds at first floor level comprising fluted Doric-type pilasters (on square-plan) having segmental pediments over with plain smooth rendered friezes. Continuous projecting smooth rendered sill course at first floor level. Square-headed window opening to pubfront having fixed-pane display window, and with wrought-iron security bars; smooth rendered apron panel under window having rectangular recess with central

This well-detailed building, of late nineteenth-century appearance, retains much of its early character and charm despite the loss of the originally window fittings. Its front elevation is enlivened by the good quality and extensive render decoration, particularly by the surrounds to the openings and the detailing at ground floor level, which help give this building a strong presence in the streetscape of Stranorlar. This extensive render detailing probably dates to the last decades of the nineteenth century and, perhaps, may have been applied to an existing structure (perhaps built in conjunction with the building adjoining to the east - see 40838035). The form of this building, having commercial outlet and integral carriage-arch at ground floor level with accommodation over, is a feature of the streetscapes of small Irish towns and villages. However, buildings of this type are now becoming less common survivals, which make this structure in Stranorlar and increasingly rare surviving relatively intact example of its type and date. This building forms part of a collection of three-storey buildings to the centre of Stranorlar, and is an addition to the built heritage of the local area

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raised circular motif. Square-headed doorway to pubfront having battened timber half-door. Square-headed doorway, offset to the west side of centre, giving access to upper floors having timber panelled door with brass door furniture, plinth blocks, modern leaded overlight, and having render surround comprising fluted Doric-type pilasters (on square-plan) having segmental pediment over with plain smooth rendered frieze. Segmental-headed carriage-arch to the west end of the main elevation (north) having channelled smooth rendered surround with moulded and chamfered reveals, and with modern metal-sheeted door. Road-fronted to the centre of Stranorlar.

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40838042 House

Former Stranorlar Presbyterian Manse

Meetinghouse Lane, Stranorlar, Co Donegal

Detached three-bay two-storey former Presbyterian manse, built c. 1881, having single-bay canted bay windows with hipped slate roofs over to either end of the main elevation (east\south-east) with central shallow projecting porch between having cast-iron railings over, and with two-storey return to the rear (west\north-west). Now in use as a private house with extension to the rear. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves with timber soffit supported on paired moulded timber brackets, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with a central pair of rendered chimneystacks. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course with stringcourse below eaves render cornice to canted bays. Square-headed window openings with continuous sill course at ground and first floor level, and with replacement windows. Central square-headed door opening to shallow projecting porch to the front elevation (east\south-east) having a pair of timber panelled doors with field panels and brass door furniture, plain overlight, and with render surround having blocks to centre and with keystone detail over; moulded cornice to porch with decorative cast-iron panels over. Set back from road in extensive mature landscaped site to the north of the centre of Stranorlar, and adjacent to the north of associated Presbyterian church\meeting house (see 40838041). Modernised single-

This substantial former Presbyterian manse, of late nineteenth-century date, retains its early form and character despite some modern alterations. Its form having canted bay windows to either side of a central door is a feature of many late Victorian and Edwardian middle class houses found throughout Ireland. It retains some interesting features such as the overhanging eaves supported on paired timber brackets, while the well-detailed porch with decorative surround with keystone detail, cornice, intricate cast-iron panels over, and original timber doors with field panels, provides a strong central focus. The loss of the original window fittings is regrettable but suitable salient replacements could be easily installed. This building was originally as a Presbyterian manse associated with the church (see 40838041) adjacent to the south was originally built in 1881 when the Revd. Macauley or a Revd. Curry was the minister (Revd. Macauley left in 1881 with the new minister taking charge in May of that year). It was the first purpose-built manse in Stranorlar. It was built on a site donated by the second Marquis Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel (1797 - 1876), in 1876, at a cost of £2 a year rent. The congregation raised £466 for the erection of the manse in 1877 - 79, and it was completed in 1881 at a final cost of some £620. Occupying attractive nature grounds to the north of Stranorlar, this building is an interesting addition to the built heritage and social


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storey flat-roofed outbuilding to the rear having rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings with red brick surrounds. Rendered boundary walls to site with main gateway to the north-east of dwelling.

history of the local area, and forms a pair of related structures along with the associated church to the south.

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40838044 House

Former Reformed Presbyterian Manse

Dunwiley Road, Stranorlar

Detached three-bay two-storey rendered former Reformed Presbyterian manse, built c. 1880, having single-bay canted bay windows to either end of the main elevation (south-east) with open veranda porch between having mono-pitched artificial slate roof over supported on cast-iron columns having decorative foliate capitals, and having timber trellis panels to head. Now in use as a private house with two-storey return to the rear (north-west). Hipped artificial slate roof (fibre cement) with slightly overhanging bracketed eaves, cast-iron rainwater goods, and a central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows at first floor level and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to canted bays. Continuous sill course at first floor level, running around to side elevations, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to the side elevations. Central segmental-headed doorway having replacement timber door flanked by timber pilasters having foliated consoles over, and with plain overlight. Set well-back from road in extensive mature grounds to the north-west of the centre of Stranorlar and to the north of associated Reformed Presbyterian church\meeting house (see 40838031). Gateway, at start of

This handsome and well-proportioned house, of late nineteenth-century appearance, retains its original form and character. The front elevation is distinguished by the canted bay windows, a feature of many Victorian and Edwardian-era houses in Ireland, and particularly by the elegant open veranda porch with decorative cast-iron columns with foliate capitals. Its visual expression is enhanced by the retention of much of its salient fabric including timber sliding sash windows, foliate consoles to doorcase, and brackets to the eaves. This building was originally built as a manse associated with the Reformed Presbyterian church\meeting house (see 40803831) that is located a short distance to the south in Stranorlar. This manse may have been built around 1881 when a new meeting house associated with this congregation was constructed. This appealing structures is an interesting addition to the built heritage and social history of the local area. The simple but attractive gateway to the east with hooped wrought-iron gates and cast-iron gate posts, and the well-preserved two-storey outbuilding to the rear add to the setting and context, and complete this appealing composition.


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approach laneway to house from the east, having a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates supported on cast-iron gate posts. Detached two-storey outbuilding to the rear (north-west) having pitched natural slate roof, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window openings with stone sills and fixed-pane timber windows, square-headed doors and loading bays with timber battened doors. Roughcast rendered walls and gate piers to site.

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40838047 Outbuilding/ walled garden

Drumboe Castle

Drumboe Lower, Stranorlar

Remains of detached multiple-bay three-storey former outbuilding and coach house associated with Drumboe Castle (now demolished, 1945), built c. 1770. Two-storey elevation to the north. Now out of use and derelict. Remains of pitched natural slate roof having projecting cut stone eaves course, and red brick chimneystack. Remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with remains of roughcast lime render over; flush quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings, some now infilled with rubble stone masonry, having roughly dressed voussoirs and cut stone sills; fittings now gone. Square-headed doorways with roughly dressed voussoirs and with stone plinth blocks to some openings; fittings now gone. Round-headed integral carriage-arches having rubble stone voussoirs over. Located to the west of the site of Drumboe Castle overlooking River Finn to the south, and to the north-west of the centre of Ballybofey. Former walled garden (on rectangular-plan) adjacent to the north having tall rubble stone boundary walls. Remains of other rubble stone structures to site.

This substantial rubble stone former outbuilding is the main surviving element of Drumboe Castle, now demolished. Although now derelict, it is robustly-constructed in rubble stone masonry and its scale provides an insight into the size and wealth of the Drumboe Castle estate during its heyday. The walled garden adjacent to the north survives relatively intact, and its high rubble stone walls enclose a large area that provides an interesting historic insight into the extensive resources required to run and maintain a large country estate in Ireland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drumboe Castle was a fine late-eighteenth century county house consisting of a three-bay three-storey central block with a full-height canted projection to the centre, and having two-bay two-storey wings attached to the side elevations having bowed ends. It was probably built c. 1770 - 80, and replaced an earlier castle or house on or close to the same site that was originally built by Sir Ralph Bingley c. 1620. Bingley's widow, Lady Jane, and a Robert Harrington (Lady Bingley remarried in 1630) took charge of the estate after his death c. 1626 until 1641, when it was granted to Sir William Bazil or Basil (died 1693), Attorney-General for Ireland. It remained in the Basil family until the second half of the eighteenth century (after c. 1777 as still in Basil family ownership in 1777 - Taylor and Skinner Road Maps) when it was acquired, through marriage, by Sir Samuel Hayes

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(1737 - 1807), later 1st Baronet and Member of Parliament for Augher in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1790. It is probable that Sir Samuel was responsible for the construction of the new house at Drumboe Castle. It was the home of the Hayes Baronets, of Drumboe Castle from 1789 to 1912, when the title became extinct following the death of the 5th Baronet. The Hayes estate(s) in Donegal totalled some 22,825 acres in 1876, making it one of the largest in the county at this time. Drumboe Castle was used as a makeshift prison for a period following seizure by Free State forces during the Irish Civil War. Four anti-Treaty republicans\IRA volunteers (Commandant General Charles Daly, Brigadier Commandant Sean Larkin, Lieutenant Daniel Enright, and Lieutenant Timothy O'Sullivan), later known as the 'Drumboe Martyrs', were imprisoned at Drumboe Castle in 1922, tried and sentenced to death in January 1923, and subsequently executed by firing squad here on the 14th of March 1923. They are commemorated by a Celtic High Cross-type memorial (see 40838001) a short distance to the north of the remains of this outbuilding. This building now acts as an historical reminder of Drumboe Castle, the Basil and Hayes families, and also as a reminder of the execution of the four Anti-Treaty volunteers in more recent times, and is an interesting element of the social history of the Ballybofey and Stranorlar areas.

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40838048 Graveyard/ cemetery

Stranorlar Catholic Graveyard

Chapel Lane, Stranorlar

Graveyard (on irregular-plan), originally laid out c. 1820. Formerly also the site of Stranorlar Catholic church, built c. 1820, and demolished c. 1870 following the construction of Church of Mary Immaculate\St. Mary's Catholic church (see 40838023) to the south-west. Collection of upstanding, recumbent and table-type gravemarkers of mainly late nineteenth and twentieth-century date, some with metal railed enclosures. Site surrounded by roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, exposed rubble stone to the southern boundary. Main gateway to the north of site comprising a pair of squared and coursed rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) with capstones and a pair of modern metal gates. Located to the north of the centre of Stranorlar, and to north-east of Ballybofey.

This simple graveyard is an integral element of the social history of the Stranorlar area. It contains an interesting collection of gravemarkers of upstanding, recumbent and table types some of which are fine cut stone examples (including a number of Celtic high cross-type memorials) that are clearly the work of skilled craftsmen. A number of grave also have metal railed enclosures, which adds additional interest to this unassuming site. This graveyard is also the site of the former Catholic church in Stranorlar, which was in existence in 1824 (Pigot's Directory), and which was demolished c. 1870 following the completion of the impressive Church of Mary Immaculate\St. Mary's church (see 40838023) to the south-west. This church was built to a cruciform-plan (Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map of 1837). This site is an interesting feature to the north of the centre of Stranorlar. The simple rubble stone boundary walls and the gate piers to the north, add to the setting and context.

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40907834 (Former) House

No name Drumboe, Stranorlar

Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1780, having canted windbreak porch to the south-west end of the front elevation (south-east), bed out-shot to the rear (north-west), single-bay two-bay byre\outbuilding attached to the north-east gable end with water trough projection, and with two single-storey outbuildings to the south-west. Section of rubble stone walling adjacent to porch. House now out of use. Pitched corrugated-metal roof with raised whitewashed rendered verges to the gable ends (rubble stone to the north-east gable end), some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods, and with two rendered chimneystacks (one to the north-west gable end and one to the centre. Formerly thatched. Whitewashed rubble stone walls. Irregularly-spaced square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and with eight-over-eight and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to front face of canted porch having plinth blocks and battened timber door. Attached two-bay single-storey outbuilding to the north-east having pitched corrugated-metal roof, rubble stone walls, square-headed doorway with battened timber door, and with square-headed carriage-arch having corrugated-metal gate. Attached single-bay single-storey outbuilding to the south-west gable end having pitched corrugated-metal roof,

Although no longer in use as a dwelling, this appealing and relatively intact example of a vernacular house retains its early form and character, and is an appealing feature in the rural landscape to the north-west of Stranorlar. Its integrity is enhanced by the retention of much of its salient fabric including timber sliding sash windows. These windows are unusually large for a vernacular dwelling, and help create a distinctive composition of some rustic appeal. Modest in scale, it exhibits the simple and functional form of vernacular building in Ireland. It retains some characteristic features of the vernacular tradition to the area, including a bed outshot to the rear, while the windbreak porch, another characteristic feature of vernacular buildings in Donegal, has a mildly canted-plan that is a feature of a number of buildings surviving in the rural landscape in that Stranorlar and Convoy areas. The corrugated-metal roof to the dwelling suggests that this building was formerly thatched, an impression that is reinforced by the shape of the raised verge to the north-east gable end and by the evidence of a more steeply pitched roof fossilised in the chimneystacks to the same gable. The attached rubble stone outbuildings to either gable end add considerably to the context and setting, and help to create a long low vernacular composition of some rustic and visual appeal with a stepped and varied roofline. These features hint that this building may be of considerable

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rendered rubble stone walls, and square-headed carriage-arch with sliding corrugated-metal double gates; attached four-bay single-storey outbuilding to the extreme south-west having pitched natural slate roof, cast-iron rainwater goods, rubble stone walls, and square-headed window and door openings with timber fittings. Set back from road in own grounds with yard to the front (south-east) and with later three-bay two-storey house adjacent to the south. Located in the rural countryside to the north-west of Stranorlar. Wrought-iron flat-bar gates to site.

antiquity as a possible development of the 'long-house' or 'byre-dwelling' that was common in Donegal during the eighteenth century. The attached outbuilding to the south-west gable end may have been a former dwelling, later converted to an outbuilding. The position of the chimneystacks is unusual for a vernacular dwelling in Donegal, which are almost universally to be found at the gable ends or two the original gable ends of an elongated building (direct-entry plan). This house represents a fine surviving example of a once ubiquitous building type in the rural Irish countryside, and is a valuable addition to the vernacular heritage of County Donegal.

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40907835 House

Dunwiley House

Dunwiley, Stranorlar

Detached three-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1860, having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to the centre of the main elevation (south), and with central single-bay single-storey return to the rear (north) having single-storey addition attached to the west side. Pitched natural slate roof (purple slates\Bangor blue) having cast-iron rainwater goods, clay ridge tiles, and with a central pair of rendered chimneystacks with corbelled heads and terracotta pots over. Mono-pitched natural slate roof to return and extension. Channelled smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course to main elevation (south) and to porch with cut stone (?) block-and-start quoins to the corners of the main body of building. Cut stone or render cornice to porch. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls to the side elevations (east and west) and to rear return, smooth rendered walls to extension. Square-headed window openings having moulded render architraved surrounds, cut stone sills on decorative corbels, and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to the rear and side elevations with six-over-six, two-over-two, and three-over six (attic level) pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to the east face of porch having timber panelled double-doors with decorative metal

This attractive, well-proportioned and well-detailed house or farmhouse, of mid-nineteenth century appearance, retains its original character and form. Its integrity is enhanced by the retention of all salient fabric including timber sliding sash windows, timber door with decorative door furniture, and natural slate roof. The front elevation is enlivened by the extensive render detailing, particularly by the render architraves to the window openings, the elaborate Doric surround to the doorway, the quoins to the corners, and the cornice to the porch, while the unusual deeply channelled banding creates a distinctive and striking composition. The attention to detail at this house at Dunwiley is unusual to find in a house of its size and date, making it one of the more interesting examples of its type in the area. This house was possibly the home of a Rebecca Hastings in 1881 and 1894 (Slater's Directory). The extensive collection of rubble stone outbuildings to the rear, the two-storey building in particular, add to the context and setting of this interesting site, as does the salvaged mill stone built into a wall to the rear of the farm complex. The simple gateway to the south-west with attractive hooped wrought-iron gates completes this interesting composition.

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door knocker and keyhole, and with decorative render door surround comprising Doric pilasters over plinth blocks, and with moulded entablature over. Set back from road in mature grounds to the north of Stranorlar with garden to front and yard to rear. Complex of single- and two-storey outbuilding arranged around a courtyard to the north. Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding with pitched natural slate roof, projecting eaves course, and remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered rubble stone walls (render now failing). Square-headed window openings with red brick voussoirs, cut stone sills, and remains of timber windows and shutters; oculus window openings at ground floor level with red brick surrounds and cast-iron framed fixed windows with radial glazing bars. Square-headed door openings having voussoirs, cut stone plinth blocks, and timber framed matchboard doors and half-doors, one with louvered vents over. Collection of single-storey outbuildings to site having mainly replacement pitched-corrugated-metal roofs, rubble stone walls, and square-headed window and door openings with timber fittings. Oculus window openings at ground floor level to one outbuilding having red brick surrounds and cast-iron framed fixed windows with radial glazing bars. Single-storey byre to site having mono-pitched natural slate roof, rubble stone walls,

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and square-headed openings or carriage-arches. Main gateway to site to the south-west of house comprising a pair of smooth rendered ruled-and-lined gate piers and a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates. Sandstone mill wheel built into wall to rear of site.

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40907836

St. Joseph's Community Hospital and Home

Mullindrait, Stranorlar

Former union workhouse graveyard on rectangular-plan, in use c. 1845 - 51 and into twentieth century, containing unmarked graves of victims of the Great Famine. Originally associated with Stranorlar Union Workhouse, demolished sometime during the mid-twentieth century. Now out of use. Uncoursed rubble stone boundary walls with rubble stone coping over, modern repairs in places (c. 1996) and east wall now collapsed. Gates replaced to centre of north and south sections of boundary walls , c. 1996. Square-headed door opening to south wall having red brick voussoirs, and with battened timber framed with horizontal wrought-iron bands. Cut stone memorial plaque (undated) to site reading 'In Charity Pray for the Soul of Owen Laughlin, Late of Drumfries, Erected by his Sister Jane'. Modern polished stone plaque, erected 1996, reading 'memory of the victims of famine and all those buried in this graveyard. Erected by Ballybofey and Stranorlar Golf Club 9-12-1996.' Set back from road to the rear (north) of the site of Stranorlar Union Workhouse and to the north of modern hospital complex, golf course adjacent to site. Site accessed from road by pathway from the south.

This sombre graveyard was originally associated with the former Stranorlar Union Workhouse complex, now demolished. It contains the unmarked graves of victims of the Great Famine (1845 - 51), and acts as a subtle and poignant reminder of this traumatic event in Irish history. The simple memorial plaque dated 1996 adds some dignity to this otherwise largely neglected and forgotten site. A later memorial marker, undated, suggests that this site was in use in the twentieth century, most likely when the workhouse was converted for use as a hospital (now been demolished and replaced by a new facility). Stranorlar Union Workhouse was completed in March 1844 to standardised designs by George Wilkinson (1814-1890). It cost £7,300 to build, and the fittings came to £1,330. It was designed to accommodate 400 and the first admissions took place at the start of May 1844. A 60-bed fever hospital was erected at the north of the workhouse, c. 1848. This simple graveyard now adds as a reminder of this workhouse and, more importantly, of the many hundreds of perhaps thousands of nameless victims of the Great Famine and associated epidemics that were buried here, and is an integral element of the social history of Donegal.

HISTORICAL SOCIAL

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40907838 House

Finn View House

Trenamullin, Stranorlar

Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1780, having canted windbreak porch to the south-west end of the front elevation (south-east), bed out-shot to the rear (north-west), single-bay two-bay byre\outbuilding attached to the north-east gable end with water trough projection, and with two single-storey outbuildings to the south-west. Section of rubble stone walling adjacent to porch. House now out of use. Pitched corrugated-metal roof with raised whitewashed rendered verges to the gable ends (rubble stone to the north-east gable end), some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods, and with two rendered chimneystacks (one to the north-west gable end and one to the centre. Formerly thatched. Whitewashed rubble stone walls. Irregularly-spaced square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and with eight-over-eight and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to front face of canted porch having plinth blocks and battened timber door. Attached two-bay single-storey outbuilding to the north-east having pitched corrugated-metal roof, rubble stone walls, square-headed doorway with battened timber door, and with square-headed carriage-arch having corrugated-metal gate. Attached single-bay single-storey outbuilding to the south-west gable end having pitched corrugated-metal roof,

Although no longer in use as a dwelling, this appealing and relatively intact example of a vernacular house retains its early form and character, and is an appealing feature in the rural landscape to the north-west of Stranorlar. Its integrity is enhanced by the retention of much of its salient fabric including timber sliding sash windows. These windows are unusually large for a vernacular dwelling, and help create a distinctive composition of some rustic appeal. Modest in scale, it exhibits the simple and functional form of vernacular building in Ireland. It retains some characteristic features of the vernacular tradition to the area, including a bed outshot to the rear, while the windbreak porch, another characteristic feature of vernacular buildings in Donegal, has a mildly canted-plan that is a feature of a number of buildings surviving in the rural landscape in that Stranorlar and Convoy areas. The corrugated-metal roof to the dwelling suggests that this building was formerly thatched, an impression that is reinforced by the shape of the raised verge to the north-east gable end and by the evidence of a more steeply pitched roof fossilised in the chimneystacks to the same gable. The attached rubble stone outbuildings to either gable end add considerably to the context and setting, and help to create a long low vernacular composition of some rustic and visual appeal with a stepped and varied roofline. These features hint that this building may be of considerable

ARCHITECTURAL

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rendered rubble stone walls, and square-headed carriage-arch with sliding corrugated-metal double gates; attached four-bay single-storey outbuilding to the extreme south-west having pitched natural slate roof, cast-iron rainwater goods, rubble stone walls, and square-headed window and door openings with timber fittings. Set back from road in own grounds with yard to the front (south-east) and with later three-bay two-storey house adjacent to the south. Located in the rural countryside to the north-west of Stranorlar. Wrought-iron flat-bar gates to site.

antiquity as a possible development of the 'long-house' or 'byre-dwelling' that was common in Donegal during the eighteenth century. The attached outbuilding to the south-west gable end may have been a former dwelling, later converted to an outbuilding. The position of the chimneystacks is unusual for a vernacular dwelling in Donegal, which are almost universally to be found at the gable ends or two the original gable ends of an elongated building (direct-entry plan). This house represents a fine surviving example of a once ubiquitous building type in the rural Irish countryside, and is a valuable addition to the vernacular heritage of County Donegal.

Documents

SECTION 3a. PROPOSED BALLYBOFEY/ STRANORLAR ADDITIONS · THE 14TH MARCH 1923'. Incised lettering to base\lower plinth inscribed 'ERECTED BY THE CO.DONEGAL MARTYRS COMMITTEE'. Site