SECTION 3a) - ADDITIONS made at the Stranorlar Municipal District Meeting on 19th June 2017

The following schedule lists the reference number, name, type and location of each of the additions located in Ballybofey- Stranorlar, together with the page number on which a more detailed schedule can be viewed

Reference Name of Structure Structure type Location Page number number

40838001 Drumboe Martyrs Memorial Monument Drumboe Lower, Stranorlar. 122 40838010 Allied Irish Bank Bank/Financial Institution Main Street, Ballybofey. 123 40838019 Victor’s Restaurant (Former Market Restaurant Main Street, Ballybofey. 125 House) 40838025 No Name House Drumboe Avenue, Stranorlar. 128 40838026 No Name House Main Street, Stranorlar. 130 40838027 The Haven House Main Street, Stranorlar. 132 40838042 Former Stranorlar Presbyterian House Meeting House Lane, Stranorlar. 134 Manse 40838047 Drumboe Castle Outbuildings/walled garden Drumboe Lower, Stranorlar. 136 40838048 Stranorlar Catholic Graveyard Graveyard/Cemetery Chapel Lane, Stranorlar. 139 40907834 No Name House Drumboe, Stranorlar. 140 40907836 Former Union Workhouse Graveyard Graveyard Mullindrait, Stranorlar. 142

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40838001 Monument Drumboe Drumboe Freestanding memorial monument, This simple memorial monument is ARCHITECTURAL Regional Martyrs Lower, erected c. 1958, comprising ashlar an interesting feature of some artistic HISTORICAL Memorial Stranorlar limestone Celtic high cross-style and historic merit in the rural SOCIAL monument with Celtic interlacing countryside to the north-west of the motifs to front face (south) set on centre of Ballybofey. It uses the two-stage ashlar limestone plinth traditional Irish symbol of a Celtic (on square-plan). Incised lettering high cross with Celtic interlacing, to front face (south) of plinth which is the primary monument form reading 'IN PROUD AND GLORIOUS for Irish First World War, War of MEMORY OF THE DRUMBOE Independence and Civil War MARTYRS, COMDT GEN CHARLES memorials/monuments, examples of DALY, BRIGD COMDT SEAN LARKIN, which can be found throughout the LIEUT DANIEL ENRIGHT AND LIEUT country. The standard of TIMOTHY O SULLIVAN WHO GAVE workmanship to the Celtic interlacing THEIR LIVES IN THE DEFENCE OF is noteworthy and is of some artistic THE IRISH REPUBLIC AT THIS SPOT merit. This monument ON THE 14TH MARCH 1923'. commemorates the execution of four Incised lettering to base\lower anti-Treaty republicans\IRA plinth inscribed 'ERECTED BY THE volunteers (Commandant General

CO. MARTYRS Charles Daly, Brigadier Commandant COMMITTEE'. Site enclosed by Sean Larkin, Lieutenant Daniel rendered boundary wall (on sub Enright, and Lieutenant Timothy rectangular-plan); modern mild O'Sullivan), known as the 'Drumboe steel\iron gate to the south-west Martyrs', who were captured by Free corner of site. Flight of concrete State forces near Errigal and steps from gateway to monument, imprisoned at Drumboe Castle (now series of three metal flagpoles to demolished; 1945) in 1922, tried and the rear (north) of site. Located in sentenced to death in January 1923, the rural countryside on a sloping and subsequently executed by firing site in pasture land to the north- squad here at Drumboe on the 14th west of the centre of Ballybofey; of March 1923. It now serves as a set within the former demesne of solemn historic artefact Drumboe Castle (demolished c. commemorating this horrific event 1945), to the north of the site of during the tragedy that was the Irish the house. Site overlooks the River Civil War, and it is an addition to the Finn to the south built heritage and social history of the local area.

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40838010 Bank / Allied Irish Main Street, Attached two-bay three-storey This eclectic bank building, of ARCHITECTURAL Regional Financial Bank Ballybofey bank building with bank manager's late-nineteenth or early ARTISTIC SOCIAL Institution accommodation over, built c. 1897, twentieth-century date, retains having projecting box-bays to its early form and character, and upper floors, half-dormer attic is one of the most appealing level, bank front at ground floor buildings surviving along Main level, and with three-storey return Street, Ballybofey. Its integrity is and gabled stair return to the rear enhanced by the retention of the (south). Modern single-storey majority of its salient fabric extension to the rear (built 1994). including natural slate roof, Possibly originally built as a branch decorative cast-iron rainwater of the Hibernian Bank, now in use goods, timber sash and timber- by the Allied Irish Bank. Pitched framed windows, and timber natural slate roof (purple slate) doors. The front elevation is with moulded eaves cornice, enlivened by the extensive stepped rendered chimneystacks to render detailing, particularly to the gable ends (east and west) the fine classical bankfront at having moulded cornices to heads, ground floor level. This bankfront and cast-iron rainwater goods with is based on the classical formula decorative hoppers, decorative tie of engaged pilasters supporting plates with floral motifs and entablature over, with the frieze

profiled gutters; flat roofs to half- acting as the fascia for the dormer openings having moulded bank/institution name. The render cornices to heads with choice of design for this raised render decoration under. bankfront draws on the Painted smooth rendered walls traditional classical theme used with moulded render stringcourses for bank building architecture at to projecting box-bays between this time, the classical theme first and second floor level. Square- helping to convey a sense of headed window openings at first security and permanence to its floor level having tripartite timber customers. It also suggests that casement windows and stone sills; this building was purposely built paired square-headed window as a bank. The decorative cast- openings to half-dormers at second iron rainwater goods are another floor level having one-over-one feature of note with the gutters pane timber sliding sash windows cleverly concealed within and with moulded render sill stringcourses and eaves course. course under incorporating profiled This building may have originally

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest rainwater gutters. Bankfront at been built as a branch of the ground floor level comprising two Hibernian Bank in 1897 to central segmental/basket-headed designs by Edward Toye (1857 - fixed-pane three-over-two pane 1932), a -born architect windows, moulded render reveals, who worked extensively in and with incised decoration to Donegal during the 1890s until apron panels, and central engaged the c. 1913. Toye was responsible Doric\classical pilaster; projecting for the designs of the Catholic pedimented segmental\basket- churches at , Ardara, headed doorways to either end , (see with squared-headed timber 40909801), and at panelled doors with bolection (see 40847017), as well was mouldings, moulded reveals, multi- other branches for the Hibernian paned overlights (coloured leaded Bank at Derry City, Cavan Town, glass to overlight to the east end Edenderry in County Offaly, and with central floral motif, three- Tubercurry (alterations) and over-three toplight over to Ballymote in County Sligo. This overlight to the west end), and building is one of the better with pedimented surround structures in Ballybofey, and is an comprising engaged Doric\classical integral element of the built pilasters with moulded plinths heritage of the town. 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.

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40838019 Restaurant Former Main Street, Attached three-bay two-storey Despite some modern alterations ARCHITECTURAL Regional Market Ballybofey former market house, built 1862, and additions, this impressive HISTORICAL House having central shallow full-height and well-proportioned former SOCIAL single-bay breakfront, projecting market house retains much of its full-height pilasters (on square- early character and form to the plan) to the corners of the main front elevation (north). The elevation (north), and with screen slightly projecting central walls to either side (east and west) breakfront and classical detailing of the main elevation having lend it an air of authority and a integral round-headed carriage- commanding presence in the arches with ashlar sandstone streetscape that is befitting of an surrounds. Central section now in important civic structure. The use as a restaurant with carriage- round-headed openings and the arch to the west now infilled to raised cut stone parapet lend it a provide kitchen area. Formerly in vaguely Italianate architectural use as offices. Former blocks to the character that was en vogue for south now demolished with the design of many civic modern structures arranged buildings, banks etc. at the time around central courtyard to the of construction. The contrast south. Hipped natural with central between the grey dimension shallow pediment to central stone and the yellow brick breakfront, cut stone eaves detailing creates a pleasing visual cornice, cut stone blocks to either and tonal variation to the main end (east and west), and with elevation. The central doorway surviving sections of cast-iron with dressed ashlar limestone rainwater goods; raised stepped surround to the breakfront, and cut stone coping to screen walls the paired round-headed window having yellow brick eaves course openings over, creates a strong with moulded cut stone cornice central focus. The former over. Roughly squared and coursed carriage-arches to either side of rubble stone walls over projecting the main elevation are well- battered cut stone plinth having crafted using high quality ashlar pulvinated cut stone stringcourse sandstone masonry, and are over, yellow brick eaves course clearly the work of skilled with yellow brick eaves course, masons. The presence of a fine flush yellow brick block-and-start market house indicates a level of quoin detailing to corners of economic prosperity and pilasters and breakfront, and commercial confidence in

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest yellow brick course above ground Ballybofey at the time of floor openings having flush ashlar construction. The present sandstone course over with complex replaced an earlier moulded sandstone cornice; market house in Ballybofey, smooth rendered ruled-and-lined which was located to the west of finish to west elevation of main the present site and which was in block at first floor level. Roughly existence in 1837 (depicted on squared and coursed rubble stone the Ordnance Survey first edition construction to screen walls having six-inch map). The present projecting full-height squared market house was built to rubble stone pilasters to outer designs by John Guy Ferguson corners with flush yellow brick (died 1901), a Derry City born block-and-start quoin detailing to architect who worked extensively the corners. Ashlar sandstone in Donegal in the 1860s, surrounds to carriage-arches designing the Presbyterian having projecting cut stone churches at nearby stringcourses at arch springing (1862), at (1862), point; wrought-iron double-gates (1862), and the Church of to carriage-arch to the east, Ireland church at Burt (1868-9), carriage-arch to the west now amongst other commissions. The infilled with modern fixed-pane main contractor\builder involved window fittings and square-headed in the construction of the market doorway. Round-headed window house was a McClelland, also of openings to outer bays of main Derry. There were originally two block at ground floor level with long buildings to either side of shallow segmental-headed window the yard to the rear, running openings over at first floor level perpendicular to the front having stone sills, flush yellow brick elevation, now demolished or block-and-start surrounds, and heavily altered. Slater's Directory with replacement fixed-pane two- of 1881 records that a market for over-two pane window fittings; grain, pork and butter was held paired round-headed window every Saturday, a market for flax openings to central bay at first each Friday, while the edition of floor level having stone sills, flush 1894 records that a market for yellow brick block-and-start oats, pork and butter was held surrounds, and with replacement here every Thursday. This fine fixed-pane one-over-one pane building is one of the more window fittings. Segmental-headed important elements of the built

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest doorway to centre bay of main heritage of Ballybofey, and is an block having ashlar sandstone integral element of the built surround with keystone detail, heritage and social history of the plinth blocks, ashlar sandstone town. 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.

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40838025 House Drumboe, Detached three-bay two-storey This well-proportioned house, of ARCHITECTURAL Regional Avenue house, built c. 1910, having early twentieth century date, Stranorlar projecting single-bay flat-roofed retains its original character and porch to the centre of the main form. Its integrity and visual elevation (south-west). Hipped expression is enhanced by the natural slate roof having projecting retention of much of its salient smooth rendered eaves course, fabric including natural slate roof clayware ridge tiles and a central and timber sliding sash windows. pair of smooth rendered The six-over-one arrangement of chimneystacks having render the windows is a feature of many cornice. Render cornice to porch buildings with Arts and Crafts- with moulded console brackets to style influence that were built either end of the front elevation during the last decades of the

(south-west). Smooth rendered nineteenth century into the

ruled-and-lined walls with render twentieth century. The front

block-and-start quoins, smooth elevation of this house is rendered plinth course, and with enhanced by the restrained stringcourse over ground floor render detailing and the simple window openings. Square-headed but effective surrounds to the window openings at first floor level window openings, particularly to having plain raised rendered the paired windows at ground surrounds, painted sills, and six- floor windows having cornices over-one pane timber sliding sash over. The form of this building windows; paired square-headed suggests that may have been window openings at ground floor built to house an official of some level having projecting plain description or, perhaps, as a rendered surround with moulded schoolmaster's residence etc. It is render cornices over, continuous a late example of a three-bay sills, and with six-over-one pane two-storey house with central timber sliding sash windows. doorways, examples of which Square-headed doorway to the date from the eighteenth century front elevation of porch (south- onwards and are ubiquitous west) having replacement timber features of the rural Irish panelled door with glazed upper landscape and of small towns and half, glazed surround with overlight villages throughout the country. and sidelights, and with concrete The simple but appealing gate step. Set back from road in own posts complete the setting of this grounds to the south-west of the unassuming composition, which

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest centre of Stranorlar, and along is an addition to the built small road to the north-west of heritage of Stranorlar Main Street. Tarmacadam forecourt to site. Single-storey gable-fronted garage to the 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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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40838026 House No name Main Street, Semi-detached two-bay two-storey This house, of mid-twentieth- ARCHITECTURAL Regional Stranorlar house, built 1935, having gabled- century date, retains its original fronted full-height canted bay form and character. Its visual window to the north-east end of expression is enhanced by the the main elevation (south-east). retention of its salient fabric and One of a pair with the building materials, while the unusual brick adjacent to the north-east (see detailing, the encaustic tiled 40838027). Hipped natural slate threshold, and the leaded roof with terracotta ridge tiles, coloured glass panels to the projecting eaves course, profiled windows and the inner door add metal rainwater goods, and with some decorative interest. The central redbrick chimneystack variety of finishes and textures to (shared with building to the north- the main elevation and the east) having render cornice, 'timber framed/Tudoresque' profiled stringcourse and terracotta detailing to the canted bay gable chimneypots; timber finial to gable- helps to further enliven the front fronted canted bay. Pebbledashed elevation of this building. The walls to main body of building over canted bay window is a feature of chamfered red brick plinth course, many late nineteenth-century and with red brick bands\quoin and early-to-mid twentieth- detailing to the south-west corner; century houses. This building is of

smooth rendered walls to canted a type that is common in the bay over chamfered red brick plinth expanding contemporary suburbs course, and with painted smooth of the larger towns and cities, render or timber 'timber framed/ particularly Dublin, but is a Tudoresque' detailing over to relatively uncommon building gable. Square-headed window type in Donegal. This building opening to main body of building at forms a pair of interesting first floor level having red brick building along with its neighbour bands to surround, timber to the north-east (see 40838027) casement windows, and painted and makes a positive sill. Square-headed window contribution to the streetscape of openings to canted bay having Stranorlar. The simple boundary timber casement windows; leaded walls and gateway have a similar coloured glass panels to upper decorative treatment to the panels at ground floor level. house, adding to the setting and Square-headed door opening to the completing this composition south-west end of the main

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest elevation (south-east) having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings, plain overlight, red brick bands to surround, timber casement 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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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40838027 House The Haven Main Street, Semi-detached two-bay two-storey This house, of mid-twentieth- ARCHITECTURAL Regional Stranorlar house, built 1935, having gabled- century date, retains its original fronted full-height canted bay form and character. Its visual window to the south-west end of expression is enhanced by the the main elevation (south-east). retention of much of its salient One of a pair with the building fabric and materials, while the adjacent to the south-west (see unusual brick detailing, the 40838026). Hipped natural slate encaustic tiled threshold, and the roof with terracotta ridge tiles, leaded coloured glass panels to projecting eaves course, profiled the windows add some metal rainwater goods, and with decorative interest. The variety central redbrick chimneystack of finishes and textures to the (shared with building to the south- main elevation and the 'timber west) having render cornice, framed/ Tudoresque' detailing to profiled stringcourse and terracotta the canted bay gable helps to chimneypots; timber finial to gable- further enliven the front fronted canted bay. Pebbledashed elevation of this building. The walls to main body of building over canted bay window is a feature of chamfered red brick plinth course, many late nineteenth-century and with red brick bands\quoin and early-to-mid twentieth- detailing to the north-east corner; century houses. This building is of

smooth rendered walls to canted a type that is common in the bay over chamfered red brick plinth expanding contemporary suburbs course, and with painted smooth of the larger towns and cities, render or timber 'timber particularly Dublin, but is a framed/Tudoresque' detailing over relatively uncommon building to gable. Square-headed window type in Donegal. This building opening to main body of building at forms a pair of interesting first floor level having red brick building along with its neighbour bands to surround, timber to the south-west (see 40838026) casement windows, and painted and makes a positive sill. Square-headed window contribution to the streetscape of openings to canted bay having Stranorlar. The simple boundary timber casement windows; leaded walls and gateway have a similar coloured glass panels to upper decorative treatment to the panels at ground floor level. house, adding to the setting and Square-headed door opening to the completing this composition. north-east end of the main

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest elevation (south-east) having timber door, plain overlight, red brick bands to surround, timber casement windows, plain overlight, and pre-cast 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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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40838042 House Former Meetinghouse Detached three-bay two-storey This substantial former ARCHITECTURAL Regional Stranorlar Lane, former Presbyterian manse, built Presbyterian manse, of late SOCIAL Presbyterian Stranorlar, Co c. 1881, having single-bay canted nineteenth-century date, retains Manse Donegal bay windows with hipped slate its early form and character roofs over to either end of the despite some modern alterations. main elevation (east\south-east) Its form having canted bay with central shallow projecting windows to either side of a porch between having cast-iron central door is a feature of many railings over, and with two-storey late Victorian and Edwardian return to the rear (west\north- middle class houses found west). Now in use as a private throughout Ireland. It retains house with extension to the rear. some interesting features such as Hipped slate roof with the overhanging eaves supported

overhanging eaves with timber on paired timber brackets, while

soffit supported on paired the well-detailed porch with

moulded timber brackets, cast- decorative surround with

iron rainwater goods, and with a keystone detail, cornice, intricate

central pair of rendered cast-iron panels over, and chimneystacks. Smooth rendered original timber doors with field ruled-and-lined walls over panels, provides a strong central projecting smooth rendered focus. The loss of the original plinth course with stringcourse window fittings is regrettable but below eaves render cornice to suitable salient replacements canted bays. Square-headed could be easily installed. This window openings with building was originally as a continuous sill course at ground Presbyterian manse associated and first floor level, and with with the church (see 40838041) replacement windows. Central adjacent to the south was square-headed door opening to originally built in 1881 when the shallow projecting porch to the Revd. Macauley or a Revd. Curry front elevation (east\south-east) was the minister (Revd. Macauley having a pair of timber panelled left in 1881 with the new doors with field panels and brass minister taking charge in May of door furniture, plain overlight, that year). It was the first and with render surround having purpose-built manse in blocks to centre and with Stranorlar. It was built on a site keystone detail over; moulded donated by the second Marquis cornice to porch with decorative Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest cast-iron panels over. Set back (1797 - 1876), in 1876, at a cost from road in extensive mature of £2 a year rent. The landscaped site to the north of congregation raised £466 for the the centre of Stranorlar, and erection of the manse in 1877 - adjacent to the north of 79, and it was completed in 1881 associated Presbyterian at a final cost of some £620. church\meeting house (see Occupying attractive nature 40838041). Modernised single- grounds to the north of storey flat-roofed outbuilding to Stranorlar, this building is an the rear having rubble stone interesting addition to the built walls, and square-headed heritage and social history of the openings with red brick local area, and forms a pair of surrounds. Rendered boundary related structures along with the walls to site with main gateway associated church to the south. to the north-east of dwelling.

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40838047 Outbuilding/ Drumboe Drumboe Remains of detached multiple- This substantial rubble stone ARCHITECTURAL Regional walled garden Castle Lower, bay three-storey former former outbuilding is the main HISTORICAL Stranorlar outbuilding and coach house surviving element of Drumboe associated with Drumboe Castle Castle, now demolished. (now demolished, 1945), built c. Although now derelict, it is 1770. Two-storey elevation to the robustly-constructed in rubble north. Now out of use and stone masonry and its scale derelict. Remains of pitched provides an insight into the size natural slate roof having and wealth of the Drumboe projecting cut stone eaves Castle estate during its heyday. course, and red brick The walled garden adjacent to chimneystack. Remains of cast- the north survives relatively iron rainwater goods. Rubble intact, and its high rubble stone

stone walls with remains of walls enclose a large area that roughcast lime render over; flush provides an interesting historic quoins to the corners. Square- insight into the extensive headed window openings, some resources required to run and now infilled with rubble stone maintain a large country estate in masonry, having roughly dressed Ireland during the eighteenth and voussoirs and cut stone sills; nineteenth centuries. Drumboe fittings now gone. Square-headed Castle was a fine late-eighteenth doorways with roughly dressed century county house consisting voussoirs and with stone plinth of a three-bay three-storey blocks to some openings; fittings central block with a full-height now gone. Round-headed canted projection to the centre, integral carriage-arches having and having two-bay two-storey rubble stone voussoirs over. wings attached to the side Located to the west of the site of elevations having bowed ends. It Drumboe Castle overlooking was probably built c. 1770 - 80, River Finn to the south, and to and replaced an earlier castle or the north-west of the centre of house on or close to the same Ballybofey. Former walled garden site that was originally built by Sir (on rectangular-plan) adjacent to Ralph Bingley c. 1620. Bingley's the north having tall rubble stone widow, Lady Jane, and a Robert boundary walls. Remains of other Harrington (Lady Bingley rubble stone structures to site. remarried in 1630) took charge of

the estate after his death c. 1626 until 1641, when it was granted

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 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 (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

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 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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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40838048 Graveyard/ Stranorlar Chapel Lane, Graveyard (on irregular-plan), This simple graveyard is an ARTISTIC SOCIAL Regional cemetery Catholic Stranorlar originally laid out c. 1820. integral element of the social Graveyard Formerly also the site of history of the Stranorlar area. It Stranorlar Catholic church, built contains an interesting collection c. 1820, and demolished c. 1870 of gravemarkers of upstanding, following the construction of recumbent and table types some Church of Mary Immaculate\St. of which are fine cut stone Mary's Catholic church (see examples (including a number of 40838023) to the south-west. Celtic high cross-type memorials) Collection of upstanding, that are clearly the work of recumbent and table-type skilled craftsmen. A number of gravemarkers of mainly late grave also have metal railed nineteenth and twentieth- enclosures, which adds additional century date, some with metal interest to this unassuming site. railed enclosures. Site This graveyard is also the site of surrounded by roughcast the former Catholic church in rendered rubble stone walls, Stranorlar, which was in exposed rubble stone to the existence in 1824 (Pigot's southern boundary. Main Directory), and which was gateway to the north of site demolished c. 1870 following the comprising a pair of squared and completion of the impressive coursed rubble stone gate piers Church of Mary Immaculate\St. (on square-plan) with capstones Mary's church (see 40838023) to and a pair of modern metal the south-west. This church was gates. Located to the north of the built to a cruciform-plan centre of Stranorlar, and to (Ordnance Survey first edition north-east of Ballybofey. 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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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40907834 House DRUMBOE, Detached three-bay single-storey Although no longer in use as a ARCHITECTURAL Regional STRANORLAR, vernacular house, built c. 1780, dwelling, this appealing and COUNTY having canted windbreak porch relatively intact example of a DONEGAL to the south-west end of the vernacular house retains its early front elevation (south-east), bed form and character, and is an out-shot to the rear (north-west), appealing feature in the rural single-bay two-bay byre\ landscape to the north-west of outbuilding attached to the Stranorlar. Its integrity is north-east gable end with water enhanced by the retention of trough projection, and with two much of its salient fabric single-storey outbuildings to the including timber sliding sash south-west. Section of rubble windows. These windows are stone walling adjacent to porch. unusually large for a vernacular House now out of use. Pitched dwelling, and help create a corrugated-metal roof with distinctive composition of some raised whitewashed rendered rustic appeal. Modest in scale, it verges to the gable ends (rubble exhibits the simple and functional stone to the north-east gable form of vernacular building in end), some surviving sections of Ireland. It retains some cast-iron rainwater goods, and characteristic features of the with two rendered chimneystacks vernacular tradition to the area, (one to the north-west gable end including a bed outshot to the and one to the centre. Formerly rear, while the windbreak porch, thatched. Whitewashed rubble another characteristic feature of stone walls. Irregularly-spaced vernacular buildings in Donegal, square-headed window openings has a mildly canted-plan that is a with cut stone sills and with feature of a number of buildings eight-over-eight and six-over-six surviving in the rural landscape in pane timber sliding sash that Stranorlar and Convoy areas. windows. Square-headed The corrugated-metal roof to the doorway to front face of canted dwelling suggests that this porch having plinth blocks and building was formerly thatched, battened timber door. Attached an impression that is reinforced two-bay single-storey outbuilding by the shape of the raised verge to the north-east having pitched to the north-east gable end and corrugated-metal roof, rubble by the evidence of a more steeply stone walls, square-headed pitched roof fossilised in the doorway with battened timber chimneystacks to the same gable.

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest door, and with square-headed The attached rubble stone carriage-arch having corrugated- outbuildings to either gable end metal gate. Attached single-bay add considerably to the context single-storey outbuilding to the and setting, and help to create a south-west gable end having long low vernacular composition pitched corrugated-metal roof, of some rustic and visual appeal rendered rubble stone walls, and with a stepped and varied square-headed carriage-arch with roofline. These features hint that sliding corrugated-metal double this building may be of gates; attached four-bay single- considerable antiquity as a storey outbuilding to the extreme possible development of the south-west having pitched 'long-house' or 'byre-dwelling' natural slate roof, cast-iron that was common in Donegal rainwater goods, rubble stone during the eighteenth century. walls, and square-headed The attached outbuilding to the window and door openings with south-west gable end may have timber fittings. Set back from been a former dwelling, later road in own grounds with yard to converted to an outbuilding. The the front (south-east) and with position of the chimneystacks is later three-bay two-storey house unusual for a vernacular dwelling adjacent to the south. Located in in Donegal, which are almost the rural countryside to the universally to be found at the north-west of Stranorlar. gable ends or two the original Wrought-iron flat-bar gates to gable ends of an elongated site. 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 .

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest 40907836 Graveyard Former Union Mullindrait, Former union workhouse This sombre graveyard was HISTORICAL Regional Workhouse Stranorlar graveyard on rectangular-plan, in originally associated with the SOCIAL Graveyard use c. 1845 - 51 and into twentieth former Stranorlar Union century, containing unmarked Workhouse complex, now graves of victims of the Great demolished. It contains the Famine. Originally associated with unmarked graves of victims of Stranorlar Union Workhouse, the (1845 - 51), and demolished sometime during the acts as a subtle and poignant mid-twentieth century. Now out of reminder of this traumatic event use. Uncoursed rubble stone in Irish history. The simple boundary walls with rubble stone memorial plaque dated 1996 coping over, modern repairs in adds some dignity to this places (c. 1996) and east wall now otherwise largely neglected and collapsed. Gates replaced to centre forgotten site. A later memorial of north and south sections of marker, undated, suggests that boundary walls , c. 1996. Square- this site was in use in the headed door opening to south wall twentieth century, most likely having red brick voussoirs, and with when the workhouse was battened timber framed with converted for use as a hospital horizontal wrought-iron bands. Cut (now been demolished and stone memorial plaque (undated) replaced by a new facility). to site reading 'In Charity Pray for Stranorlar Union Workhouse was the Soul of Owen Laughlin, Late of completed in March 1844 to Drumfries, Erected by his Sister standardised designs by George Jane'. Modern polished stone Wilkinson (1814-1890). It cost plaque, erected 1996, reading £7,300 to build, and the fittings 'memory of the victims of famine came to £1,330. It was designed and all those buried in this to accommodate 400 and the graveyard. Erected by Ballybofey first admissions took place at the and Stranorlar Golf Club 9-12- start of May 1844. A 60-bed fever 1996.' Set back from road to the hospital was erected at the north rear (north) of the site of Stranorlar of the workhouse, c. 1848. This Union Workhouse and to the north simple graveyard now adds as a of modern hospital complex, golf reminder of this workhouse and, course adjacent to site. Site more importantly, of the many accessed from road by pathway hundreds of perhaps thousands from the south. of nameless victims of the Great Famine and associated epidemics

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Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Rating Number Structure Interest that were buried here, and is an integral element of the social history of Donegal.

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