Lougheask Demesne

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lougheask Demesne, from 1,290 m² to 817,258 m² (81.73 ha, 201.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lougheask Demesne in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 20 Apr 2026Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A STOREY AND A HALF TYPE DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650058

• 14 Jan 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SMALL 95SQM SINGLE STOREY BAR EXTENSION WITHIN THE EXISTING COURTYARD OF LOUGH ESKE CASTLE, WHICH IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS REF. NO. 40909401), TO INCLUDE A MODEST CONTEMPORARY PAVILION CONTAINING AN INTERNAL SEATING AND BAR AREA, A GLAZED LANTERN ROOF ELEMENT, THE REUSE OF EXISTING EXTERNAL DOOR OPENINGS TO PROVIDE INTERNAL CONNECTIONS, RETENTION OF EXISTING LEVELS AND ACCESSIBLE ROUTES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660034

• 19 Dec 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SMALL 95M2 SINGLE STOREY BAR EXTENSION WITHIN THE EXISTING COURTYARD OF LOUGH ESKE CASTLE, WHICH IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS REF. NO. 40909401), INCLUDING A MODEST CONTEMPORARY PAVILION CONTAINING AN INTERNAL SEATING AND BAR AREA, A GLAZED LANTERN ROOF ELEMENT, THE REUSE OF EXISTING EXTERNAL DOOR OPENINGS TO PROVIDE INTERNAL CONNECTIONS, THE RETENTION OF EXISTING LEVELS AND ACCESSIBLE ROUTES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562307

• 12 Apr 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SUBSTATION. THIS IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS REG. NO. 40909401

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460507

• 27 Mar 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SUBSTATION. THIS IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS REG. NO. 40909401

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460412

• 23 Jun 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350890

• 6 Jan 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE LOUGH ESKE CASTLE HOTEL CONSISTING OF AN ADDITIONAL 24 NO. SUITES AND 4 NO. BEDROOMS. THIS IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS REG. NO. 40909401

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350009

• 20 Dec 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 24 SUITES AND 4 BEDROOMS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2252047

• 28 Jan 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE, ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150097

• 31 Aug 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A STOREY AND A HALF TYPE DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051196

• 16 Dec 2019Conditional

  RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF GENERAL ALTERATIONS INCLUDING (1) BUILDING, ROOF AND CHIMNEY ELEMENTS (2) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES THAT INCLUDE A PROJECTING ORIEL WINDOW TO REAR ELEVATION , CONSERVATION TYPE ROOF LIGHTS TO FRONT AND REAR ROOF PLANES AND ALL ASSOCCIATED SITE WORKS AT THE LAKE LODGE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE GATE LODGE OR BOAT LODGE) COTTAGE, (NIAH RECORD NO. 40909417)

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951959

• 27 Nov 2019N/a

  RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF GENERAL ALTERATIONS, INCLUDING BUILDING AND ROOF & CHIMNEY ELEMENTS AS WELL AS ELEVATIONAL CHANGES THAT INCLUDE A PROJECTING ORIEL WINDOW TO REAR ELEVATION, CONSERVATION-TYPE ROOF-LIGHTS TO FRONT AND REAR ROOF PLANES AND FOR ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AT LAKE LODGE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE GATE LODGE OR BOAT LODGE) COTTAGE, (NIAH RECORD NO. 40909417)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951841

• 31 Oct 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE RESTAURANT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951648

• 15 Jul 2019Conditional

  (1) REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) DOMESTIC GARAGE AND CARPORT & PERMISSION FOR AND DECOMMISSIONING EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND UPGRADE TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH SAND POLISHING FILTER

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951072

• 22 Sept 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751458

• 17 Feb 2017Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750236

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood SAC 000163
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Eske And Ardnamona Wood 000163

Recorded monuments

• DG094-005001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The mid-nineteenth century Lough Eske Castle occupies the site of an earlier mansion of 1751 (DG094-005002-) (Rowan 1979, 408), which was itself probably a rebuilding of an earlier 17th century house, as indicated by a surviving date stone (DG094-005003-) built into the wall at the SE corner of an out-building in the yard behind the castle; the inscription, in false relief reads WH, IM and the date 1621. Monitoring was undertaken by Christopher J. Farrimond of Farrimond MacManus Ltd under licence No. 06E0657 ext. in December 2006 within the footprint and immediate vicinity of Lough Eske Castle during redevelopment works at the site. The overburden, which consisted of a mix of accumulated soil wash and rubble from the collapsed portions to the rear of the castle, was removed under supervision to expose the floor levels of the 1861 castle which are to be retained within the development proposal. The floor levels themselves do not appear to date to the 19th century but rather to the reuse of the building as a hotel during the 20th century. The current development proposal also provides for the retention of many of the standing features of the historic buildings at the development site. In particular, it provides for the retention and restoration of the front south elevation of the 19th-century castle (DG094–005----), which is currently in a poor state of repair, the existing 1911 building elevations and the possible 17th-century long range to the rear of the castle building. No previously unrecorded archaeological features or artefacts were identified during the course of monitoring at the site (Bennett 2009, 99). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 14 November 2011

• DG094-005002 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  The mid-nineteenth century Lough Eske Castle occupies the site of an earlier mansion of 1751 (Rowan 1979, 408), which was itself probably a rebuilding of an earlier 17th century house (DG094-005-), as is indicated by a surviving date stone built into the wall at the SE corner of an out-building in the yard behind the castle; the inscription, in false relief reads WH, IM and the date 1621.

• DG094-005003 Inscribed stone
  Description

  The mid-nineteenth century Lough Eske Castle occupies the site of an earlier mansion of 1751 (DG094-005002-) (Rowan 1979, 408), which was itself probably a rebuilding of an earlier 17th century house (DG094-005001-), as is indicated by a surviving date stone built into the wall at the SE corner of an out-building in the yard behind the castle; the inscription, in false relief reads WH, IM and the date 1621. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG094-006 Castle - tower house
  Description

  This ruined structure is situated near the edge of the wood in Lougheask Demesne and is almost totally obscured by ivy and vegetation. Built with large rubble blocks and small pinnings, the W wall and a section of the N wall with attached remains of a cross-wall, survive. The quoins are of rough ashlar construction and the exterior face was harled. The SW corner has an estimated height of over 7m. There is no visible trace of the E or S walls. The ground floor was divided by a cross-wall into two barrel-vaulted chambers; the vaults are aligned N-S. A short stretch survives at the N end of the W chamber. At the S end of the W wall, this vault meets, another vault aligned E-W; the junction is supported on corbels. The outline of the latter is visible in the interior face and had a small span, c. 1.2m. There was probably a small chamber or passage here; one is sometimes found in this position beside the tower-house entrance. Each chamber was lit by a single rectangular window in the N wall. The E jamb of the W window is missing, the head, jamb and sill (now weathered) are simple dressed blocks. The sill is chamfered for a small, single light c. 0.11m wide and the ope is 0.68m high. Only the W splayed ingoing of the window in the E chamber survives. The W face of the cross-wall has modern repointing; it was probably intended to prevent the wall and the section of vault which it supports from collapsing. The interior wall faces are fire-damaged, so the tower house was possibly burned at some period. The upper apartments are inaccessible and the detail is obscured by vegetation. The remains have changed little since the early 19th century (OS Memoirs sketch). On the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map the castle is shown located in the NW quadrant of a large ploygonal shaped enclosure which may be the remains of a possible bawn (DG094-006001-). This possible bawn is not indicated on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Although this may represent the last vestiges of an O'Donnell stronghold, the narrow thickness of the walls would be atypical for a tower house and the possibility that it could be remains of an early 17th century house cannot be entirely excluded (pers. comm. C. Manning). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In this instance the entry has been revised and updated. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 26 February 2013

• DG094-006001 Bawn
  Description

  This ruined tower-house (DG094-007-) of the O'Donnells is situated near the edge of the wood in Lougheask Demesne and is almost totally obscured by ivy and vegetation. On the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map the castle is shown located in the NW quadrant of a large ploygonal shaped enclosure which may be the remains of a possible bawn. This possible bawn is not indicated on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 09 September 2010

Architectural heritage

• Lough Eske Castle, castle/fortified house, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two- and three-storey over basement castellated country house/castle on complex irregular plan, built between 1859 – 61 and extended in 1914, having central three-bay two-storey block with central projecting single-bay single-storey castellated entrance porch with castellated corner turrets; single-bay two-storey over basement castellated canted-bay window openings to either side of porch; recessed single-bay four-storey over basement castellated tower (on square-plan) attached to the north-east side of central block having base batter, castellated bartizan to the north-east corner and with single-bay castellated bowed oriel windows to the front face (south-east) at first floor over basement level, and at ground floor level to the north-east face; recessed three-bay two-storey castellated ballroom block attached to the north-east side of the tower (built 1914) having single-bay single-storey castellated canted bay window at ground floor level to the north-east side elevation; and having two-bay two-storey castellated block/wing attached to the south-west side of the central block having full-height castellated tower (on octagonal-plan) with battered base attached to the south-west corner. Castle destroyed by fire in 1939 and unoccupied and derelict until c. 2007. Now rebuilt (2007) and in use as a hotel with multiple modern extensions to the rear (north-west) and to the south-west elevation. Replacement pitched natural slate roofs to central block and to recessed block to the south-west, hidden behind castellated ashlar sandstone parapets, having crested terracotta ridge tiles, raised stepped ashlar sandstone verges to the gable ends, and with ashlar sandstone chimneystacks with chimneystacks to south-west gable ends having barley sugar/twisted moulded sandstone chimneypots over, and modern rendered chimneystacks with barley sugar/twisted moulded terracotta pots over. Ashlar sandstone curvilinear Flemish-style gables over canted bay openings to central block having ashlar coping, moulded cut stone finials over, and with cut sandstone date plaques incised ‘1621’. Ashlar sandstone Irish-style castellated or crow-stepped parapets to tower with ashlar sandstone castellated corner finials (on square-plan) and with moulded ashlar sandstone machicolations having moulded sandstone stringcourse over. Hipped replacement natural slate roof to recessed ballroom block to the north-west, hidden behind castellated parapet, having terracotta ridge tiles. Pitched replacement natural slate roof to porch, hidden behind ashlar sandstone parapet with Irish-style castellations or crow-stepped parapets. Concealed replacement rainwater goods. Snecked and/or coursed tooled ashlar sandstone construction having smooth ashlar sandstone quoins to the corners; moulded ashlar sandstone stringcourses at ground floor and first floor level to central block, and to canted bay windows; recessed carved ashlar sandstone panels to canted bay windows at second floor level having quatrefoil motifs. Ashlar sandstone construction to porch with carved ashlar sandstone panel over doorway having three carved armorial crests/coats-of-arms in bas relief,; recessed trefoil-headed panels to ashlar corner turrets of porch, carved ashlar sandstone pilasters to side elevations of porch (north-west and south-east). Mainly paired square-headed window openings having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds, chamfered ashlar sandstone mullions and transoms, chamfered ashlar sills, and with replacement metal-framed windows. Five-light window openings to canted bays, three-light window openings to bowed oriel windows. Ashlar hoodmouldings over window openings to recessed blocks/wings and to tower; paired Tudor-arched window openings to recessed block to the south-west at first floor level. Tudor-arched doorway to the front face of porch (south-east) having staged ashlar sandstone surround with engaged colonnettes to reveals’ having carved capitals over with foliate motifs and moulded plinth blocks to base, cut stone step, hoodmoulding over, and with replacement timber double-doors; flight of cut stone steps to interior of porch. Set back from road in extensive mature wooded and landscaped grounds to the south-west corner of Lough Eske, and to the north-east of Donegal Town. Mature parkland to the south and wooded grounds to the west and the south-west. Modern gravel forecourt to the south-east. Associated outbuildings to the rear (see 40909413), walled garden to the north-east (see 40909414), gate lodges to the east (see 40909417) and to the south/south-west (see 40909410), memorial cross to the east (see 40909416), and two-storey building to the north (see 40909414). Rubble stone boundary wall to estate, now largely ruinous. Remains of earlier castle in grounds to the east (RMP DG094-005006-).

• Christ Church Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1840–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1846 and extended in 1905, comprising two-bay nave to the east, two-stage tower (on square-plan) to the west having crossed saddlebacked upper storey with gabled faces to all four sides, shallow projecting chancel to the east gable end (added 1905) having vestry attached to the south (added 1905) with projecting single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch to the south, and with modern single-storey boiler house addition to the north side of the nave. Further works (unknown) carried out in 1929. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building/nave having projecting ashlar eaves course, raised ashlar verge/coping to either end, and with cast-iron rainwater water goods. Pitched artificial slate roofs to later vestry and chancel having raised ashlar copings of the gable ends; cement rendered chimneystack to the vestry. Natural slate roofs to saddleback tower. Roughcast rendered walls over rubble stone construction with smooth rendered plinth course. Ashlar stringcourses to tower, delimitating stages. Pointed-arch window openings to side elevations of nave having smooth rendered reveals, cut stone sills, timber Y-tracery and with multiple-pane timber windows with horizontal pivot opening lights. Triple-light pointed segmental-headed Decorated Gothic window opening to the east gable of chancel having tracery with cusped heads, stone sills, rendered reveals and with leaded coloured glass. Pointed-arched window opening to the west face of tower at first stage level having smooth rendered reveal, stone sill, and replacement window; roundel/oculus opening to the south face of tower at first stage level having cut stone surround with hoodmoulding over; pointed-arched window openings to gabled projections to saddlebacked upper storey having rendered reveals and timber louvered fittings. Square-headed window opening to vestry (east elevation) having smooth rendered reveal, stone sill and with ten-over-on pane timber sliding sash window. Pointed-arched doorway to the north face of tower having rendered reveals, timber double-doors with ornate wrought-iron hinges, and with timber panel over. Pointed-arched doorway to the south face of vestry having rendered reveals, replacement timber door with ornate wrought-iron hinges, timber panel over, and with flight of concrete steps. Timber ceiling supported on open metal trusses having circular motifs to interior; timber gallery to the west supported on metal columns; timber pulpit to the south-east corner; encaustic tiled floor. Located on an elevated site to the south-west corner of Lough Eske, and to the south-east of Lough Eske Castle. Associated Church of Ireland rectory (see 40909420). Gateway to the west comprising a pair of moulded cast-iron gate posts having ball finials over, and with a pair of decorative wrought-iron gates.

• Crossroads Lodge or The White Lodge, gate lodge, 1855–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey with attic level former gate lodge, built c. 1860, having central projecting gable-fronted single-bay entrance porch to the main elevation (north-east), original cat-slide outshot incorporated into modern single-storey pitched extension to southwest. Originally associated with Lough Eske Castle (see 40909401). Now in use as a private house with modern single-storey extension to the rear (south-west). Pitched natural slate roof with fleur-de-lis crested clay ridge tiles, central red brick chimney stack having stepped brick detailing to head and with terracotta pots, and having decorative pierced timber bargeboards to the front (north-east) and side elevations (south-east and north-west). Pitched natural slate roof to porch having crested ridge tiles, and with decorative pierced timber bargeboards with timber finial to gable apex. Whitewashed random rubble stone walls with flush dressed block-and-start quoins to the corners; mainly ashlar construction to front face of porch. Square-headed window openings with rendered reveals, stone sills, and with timber casement windows having multi-paned overlights. Two-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows to attic level at gable ends; two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to side elevations of porch. Central square-headed door opening to front face of porch having dressed stone plinth blocks to base, stone step/threshold, replacement timber sheeted door and with overlight. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the north-east of Donegal Town and to the south/south-west of Lough Eske Castle. Located adjacent to rural crossroad junction. Modern gateway to the north-east; former south/south-west entrance to Lough Eske Castle demesne located across road to the north-east.

• Bridge, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arched bridge carrying small country road over Limestone Brook stream, built c. 1840. Bridge curves in plan; side elevations now partially overgrown. Segmental-headed arch having dressed voussoirs; squared rubble stone construction to arch barrel. Uncoursed squared rubble stone construction to spandrels; uncoursed roughly rubble stone parapets having rubble stone coping over; modern repairs in places. Tarmacadam deck with grass verges. Located in the rural countryside to the north-east of Donegal Town and to the south foothills of the Blue Stack Mountains. Sited adjacent to waterfall.

• Lough Eske Castle, walled garden, 1780–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden on sub-rectangular-plan associated with Lough Eske Castle (see 40909401), erected c. 1800. Now in use as garden associated with hotel with modern single-storey buildings to site, including rebuilt glasshouse. Walls partially rebuilt c. 2007 using salvaged brick and stone. Random rubble stone boundary walls, roughly coursed in places. Flush roughly dressed quoins to a number of the corners. Lined with red brick (English Garden Bond) to interior faces. Modern concrete coping over in places. Square-headed openings having red brick voussoirs and red brick relieving arches over to interior faces and roughly dressed stone voussoirs and surrounds to exterior faces; modern metal gates to some openings. Located to the north of Lough Eske Castle (see 40909401) in extensive shared grounds.

• Worker's house, 1800–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house(s) on T-shaped plan, built c. 1820. Extended to the south, c. 1860, with addition of five-bay two-storey block having single-bay single-storey entrance porch attached to the south corner of the east elevation with canopy roof over. Single-bay additions to the east and west gable ends of original building having mono-pitched slate roofs over. Possibly originally in use as workers’ house(s) associated with Lough Eske Castle (see 40909401) to the south. Original building now unoccupied, wing to the south now in use as a private house. Pitched natural slate roof to block to the south having projecting cut stone eaves course, clay ridge tiles, central dressed coursed squared/ashlar sandstone chimneystack and with raised cut stone coping/verge to the south gable end. Pitched natural slate roof to western half of original building to the north having projecting cut stone eaves course, clay ridge tiles, dressed coursed squared/ashlar sandstone chimneystack to the east end; roof to section to the east now collapsed/removed. Some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Decorative timber bargeboard and carved timber painted brackets to canopy porch to the south end of block to the south. Smooth rendered walls over projecting stone plinth course. Render failing in places to building to the north exposing rubble stone construction with flush ashlar quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings to building to the south having stone sills, and with four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows at ground floor level and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows at first floor level. Replacement windows to the south gable end with roundel opening at attic level. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to the building(s) to the north, some openings now blocked to building to the east end of range to the north. Square-headed doorway to the porch to building to the south having timber panelled door and plain overlight. Set adjacent to road at one of the north-east entrance to Lough Eske Castle (see 40909401). Yard to the east. Rubble stone wall to road-frontage to the north-east and the south-west. Single-storey outbuilding to the south-west having pitched natural slate roof and with rubble stone walls. Gateway to the north-west comprising a pair of stone gate piers (on square-plan having stone coping/capstones over. Single-storey corrugated outbuildings to the south-west.

• Major General White Memorial, graveyard/cemetery, monument, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Celtic high cross-style memorial gravemarker, dated 1906, comprising carved limestone Celtic high cross over splayed limestone base/plinth. Commemorates Major General Henry George White of nearby Lough Eske Castle (see 40909401). Celtic interlacing to all faces; carved figures in bas relief to principal face; inscription to plinth to base. Grave itself surrounded by low limestone plinth wall with decorative finials with Celtic interlacing motifs to the corners. Site surrounded by low ashlar plinth wall on rectangular-plan having chamfered ashlar coping over and with decorative wrought-iron railings over. Gateway to site having wrought-iron double-gates having plaques with pelican and inscription ‘Beware in Time’, and another with inscription ‘Virtus Semper Vincit. Located to the east of Lough Eske Castle close to the shores of Lough Eske.

• The Lake Lodge or The Boat House Lodge, gate lodge, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement (to rear/north-east) former gate lodge associated with Lough Eske Castle (see 40909401), built or rebuilt c. 1860, having projecting single-bay gable-fronted porch to the centre of the front elevation (south-west). Possibly formerly also in use as a boat house, now in use as a private house. Pitched natural slate roof having crested clay ridge tiles, projecting eaves course, decorative timber bargeboards with pendulous drop finials to main elevations (south-west and north-east), central red brick chimneystack with corbelled red brick coping, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Overhanging bracketed timber eaves to the gable ends (north-west and south-east) having decorative timber bargeboards with carved collar ties and timber finial and timber drop finials. Pitched natural slate roof to projecting porch with crested clay ridge tiles and decorative timber bargeboards with pendulous drop finials to side elevations (north-west and south-east); decorative bargeboards to the front elevation of porch (south-west) having carved collar ties and with timber finial and timber drop finial. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls having rendered plinth to base and with chamfered ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners of the front elevation (south-west) of the main body of the building, and to the projecting porch. Square-headed multiple-pane timber casement windows at first floor level to main elevation (south-west); paired pointed-arch window openings to ground floor of main elevation (south-west) having rendered heads and with timber casement windows having intersecting timber glazing bars to heads. Tripartite pointed-arch window openings to ground floor of rear elevation, overlooking Lough Eske, having rendered heads and with timber casement windows having intersecting timber glazing bars to heads. Square-headed window openings to the gable ends at first floor level having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows; paired pointed-arch window openings to ground floor to gable ends having rendered heads and with timber casement windows having intersecting timber glazing bars to heads. Tooled stone sills throughout. Square-headed door opening to front face of porch having half-chamfered reveals, cut stone plinth blocks and stone step to base, and with replacement timber panelled door. Square-headed doorway to the rear (north-east) at basement level having wrought-iron flat-bar gate. Set back from road adjacent to the shores of Lough Eske to the south-east entrance to Lough Eske Castle (see 40909401). Mature demesne parkland to the north-west. Original gateway to castle now demolished; modern gateway to the north-west.

• Post box, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron post box set into brick gate pier serving Lough Eske/Christchurch Church of Ireland Rectory (see 40909420), erected c. 1940, having raised 'P&T' monogram in Gaelic script to head and with foundry mark to base reading ‘W.T. Allen and Co., London’. Moulded architraved surround and with projecting letter flap. Still in use. Located adjacent to road in the rural landscape to the north-east of Donegal Town. Located to the north-west of the former Lough Eske Post Office (not in survey).

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Lougheask Demesne, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lougheask Demesne.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Lougheask Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Lougheask Demesne

Area

1,863,568 m² (186.36 ha, 460.5 acres)

Civil parish

Killymard, and its townlands

Barony

Banagh

Electoral division

Lough Eask, the unit of the census

Census 2022

350 people lived in 66 households in the Lough Eask electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Altilow, Burns Mountain, Corveen, Drummeenanagh, Drumnacarry, Friary, Heneys, Tawnyvorgal

Placenames

Lougheask Demesne on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.