Townparks

625 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Townparks, from 1 m² to 36,091 m² (3.61 ha, 8.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Townparks 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.

• 21 Sept 2026N/a

  (1) CHANGE-OF-USE FROM EXISTING OFFICES TO 3 NO. APARTMENTS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATE THE APARTMENTS, (2) CHANGE-OF-USE FROM RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO 2 NO. APARTMENTS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL, (3) CHANGE-OF-USE FROM RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO 2 NO. APARTMENTS AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL, (4) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FIRST-FLOOR BATHROOM AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT EXTENSION AT FIRST AND SECOND-FLOOR LEVELS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ACCESS STAIRWELL TO APARTMENTS ON THESE FLOORS AND (5) CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS STEPS FROM STREET LEVEL TO THE STORAGE BASEMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661750

• 15 Sept 2026N/a

  CHANGE-OF-USE FROM RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO BOOKMAKERS OFFICE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661706

• 20 Apr 2026Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING CLASSROOM IN THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE FOR PRE-SCHOOL, PLAYSCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES / SERVICES INCLUDING MINOR ALTERATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660677

• 14 Apr 2026N/a

  (1) CHANGE OF USE OF UPPER GROUND FLOOR FROM FORMER BAKERY TO USE AS PADEL BALL COURTS WITH RECEPTION AND TOILET FACILITIES, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF LOWER GROUND FLOOR / BASEMENT AREA FROM FORMER BAKERY TO USE AS MANAGERS / STAFF ACCOMMODATION, (3) DEMOLITION OF FRONT AND REAR EXTENSIONS, (4) CONSTRUCTION OF REAR EXTENSION TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PADEL BALL COURT AREA AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND SITE WORKS INCLUDING THE FORMATION OF CAR PARKING AREA TO SERVE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660630

• 17 Nov 2025Conditional

  CONVERSION OF THE ATTIC SPACES OF 2. NO TOWN HOUSES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51519 FOR USE AS DOMESTIC BEDROOMS, INCORPORATING THE RAISING OF THE REAR EAVES LEVEL TO FORM HABITABLE SPACE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561998

• 23 Oct 2025Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING OUTBUILDING APPROVED AS ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION AND STORAGE ANCILLARY TO THE MAIN DWELLING HOUSE UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51225 TO INCLUDE (A) THE ADDITION OF A BALCONY SPACE TO FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM (B) CHANGE OF USE FROM BOILER HOUSE AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL TO BEDROOM AND (C) STONE CLADDING TO THE FRONT ELEVATION AND MINOR ALTERATIONS TO APPROVED WINDOWS AND DOORS, (2) ENCLOSURE OF EXISTING STORAGE SHED WITH ROLLER DOORS, (3) EXTENSION OF EXISTING COAL STORE AND ADDITION OF A WINDOW AND DOOR OPENING, (4) PROVISION OF A FIXED COVER OVER BARBECUE AREA AND RETRACTABLE COVER OVER OUTDOOR HOT TUB AND (5) ALL FINISHES AND RELATED WORKS TO BUILDINGS DESCRIBED HEREIN. THIS PROPOSAL REQUIRES THE CARRYING OUT OF WORKS TO PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE, NIAH REGISTRATION NUMBER 40852041

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561843

• 2 Oct 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF 2 ASSISTED LIVING HOUSES WITH NEW CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER, STORM AND WATERMAINS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2561713

• 9 Sept 2025Conditional

  ELEVATIONAL CHANGES INCLUDING EXTERNAL STAIRS AND PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT TO USE AS 1 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNIT

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561541

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER, A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561517

• 2 Jul 2025Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 35 NO. DWELLING UNITS CONSISTING OF 16 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, 14 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSES - 2 STOREY, SEMI-DETACHED, 1 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSE - 2 STOREY, DETACHED AND 4 NO. 4 BEDROOM HOUSES - 3 STOREY, SEMI-DETACHED, (2) NEW SITE ENTRANCES, ACCESSED FROM EXISTING ROAD OFF CAMP LANE AND EXISTING ROAD UPGRADED BY WIDENING TO 6.0M WITH FOOTPATH, (3) OPEN SPACE AMENITY AND CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND LOCATED CENTRALLY WITHIN THE PROPOSED SCHEME, (4) NEW CONNECTION INTO EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL SEWER SYSTEM, (5) REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER WITHIN THE SITE, (6) NEW CONNECTION INTO EXISTING PUBLIC STORM WATER SYSTEM, (7) NEW CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATERMAIN AND (8) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 31 homes · Donegal County Council, 2561123

• 10 Jun 2025Conditional

  AMENDMENTS TO THE PERMISSION PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REF. NO. 22/51261 (ABP REF. NO. 316221-23) WHICH CONSISTED OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DOMESTIC DWELLING, DETACHED STORAGE SHED, CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO CONSIST OF MINOR REVISIONS TO THE SITE BOUNDARIES AND ASSOCIATED REVISIONS TO THE SITE LAYOUT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560957

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING OFFICES TO 2 NO. APARTMENTS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATE 2 NO. APARTMENTS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (3) CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO 1 NO. APARTMENT AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND (4) CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO 1 NO. APARTMENT AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560879

• 15 Apr 2025Conditional

  (1) RENOVATION OF FORMER PUBLIC HOUSE AND LIVING ACCOMMODATION INTO 3 NO. SELF-CONTAINED APARTMENTS WITH ALTERATION TO ALL FACADES, (2) INCREASE TO THE EXISTING RIDGE LINE ON THE REAR PROJECTION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560573

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560527

• 26 Mar 2025Conditional

  (1) EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING RETAIL UNIT, (2) DETACHED BUILDING WHICH INCLUDES OFFICE AND STORES ANCILLARY TO MAIN RETAIL UNIT AND (3) 3 NO. ROOF WINDOWS TO FRONT ELEVATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560441

• 20 Feb 2025Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE FROM 2 NO. RETAIL UNITS TO USE AS 1 NO. RETAIL UNIT WITH STORAGE AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560212

• 18 Feb 2025Conditional

  CHANGES TO AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/50295 INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL FLOOR SPACE AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560202

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION ON TOP OF EXISTING BUNGALOW AND TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO FRONT OF BUNGALOW TO FORM A TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, (2) ALTERATIONS TO EXTERNAL ELEVATIONS, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC ROAD AND CAR PARKING AREA, (4) CONNECTION OF SEWER AND WATER SUPPLY TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND (5) ALL LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462141

• 17 Dec 2024N/a

  CHANGE OF USE FROM AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT TO USE AS 1 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNIT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2462092

• 10 Dec 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC STORE / GARDEN HOBBY ROOM TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING. THE WORKS ARE PROPOSED WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF AN EXISTING DWELLING APPEARING ON THE RECORD OF PROTECTED STRUCTURES UNDER REF. NO. 40852020

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462035

• 22 Nov 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC STORE/GARDEN HOBBY ROOM TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461902

• 23 Oct 2024Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM PREVIOUS SCHOOL (PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS REF. NO. 40852055) TO RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO INCLUDE INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING LAYOUTS AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE OFF-STREET PARKING TO THE REAR OF THE PROPOSED DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461699

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM PREVIOUS SCHOOL (PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS REF. 202SE/NIAH 32007130) TO RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO INCLUDE INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING LAYOUTS, (2) INSTALLATION OF 2 NO. ROOF WINDOWS TO REAR ELEVATION OF ATTIC SPACE AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE OFF-STREET PARKING TO THE REAR OF THE PROPOSED DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461570

• 30 Aug 2024Conditional

  (A) RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND RAISING OF ROOF LEVEL TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL FIRST FLOOR DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATION, AND (B) PROVISION OF A RAISED DECK AREA TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE TO INCLUDE A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE LIFT TO GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, INCLUSIVE OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461320

• 25 Jul 2024Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCIAL SPACE TO 2 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND DEMOLITION OF PART OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461143

The 25 most recent of 73 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Donegal Bay SPA 004151
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Erne Estuary/Finner Dunes 000139

Recorded monuments

• DG107-049 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone 1.5m high × 0.25m wide × 0.2m thick; N-S. It is packed around the base with small stones. Situated on elevated ground which slopes W to Abbey Bay. 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

• DG107-050 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone 1.45m high × 0.28m wide × 0.2m thick; N-S. Some small packing stones are visible around the base. Situated on good pasture land on a small knoll which slopes W towards Ballyshannon Bay. 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

• DG107-052001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Dungravenen, a very spectacular promontory fort isolated by an earthen bank and rock-cut fosse. A causeway crosses the fosse indicating the probable location of the entrance. The interior is fairly level except for a horseshoe-shaped mound (DG107-052002-) with a surrounding ditch to the S of the causeway entrance. There are traces of a low earthen bank around the internal perimeter. Inside the fort is a rock-cut souterrain (DG107-052003-) open in three places to the E, N and S. Only the latter opening affords an entry. It is .47m deep and leads to a N-S running passage 4.06m long, .75m high and 1.2m wide. This widens to 1.32m and 0.88m high at its N end to lead to a central area. This is 1.4m high, 3.7m W-E and 1.5m N-S. Part of the N wall of this chamber is of masonry and contains a small wall cupboard, .3m long .4m high and 0.54m deep. At the E is a low stone 'bench' or slab .83m × 0.33m resting .15m above the floor on two stone supports. Behind this is the blocked up E chamber/passage which viewed from the E surface opening is at least 3.7m long and 1.7m wide. To the W of the central chamber is a rock-cut-opening 1.53m wide and 0.89m high which leads to a chamber 1m high and 3.9m long. A doorway comprising of a lintel resting on a portal stone to the E, and masonry to the W forms the entry to the N passage/chamber which is 1.98m long, .8m wide and 0.68m in height. There is an opening to the surface at the N end of this. All the chambers and passage are roofed with flagstones. This promontory fort is located on the N side of the Erne estuary close to the town of Ballyshannon. 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 revision : 15 May 2009

• DG107-052002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Dungravenen, a very spectacular promontory fort (DG107-052001-) isolated by an earthen bank and rock-cut fosse. A causeway crosses the fosse indicating the probable location of the entrance. The interior is fairly level except for a horseshoe-shaped mound (DG107-052002-) with a surrounding ditch to the S of the causeway entrance. There are traces of a low earthen bank around the internal perimeter. Inside the fort is a rock-cut souterrain (DG107-052003-) open in three places to the E, N and S. Only the latter opening affords an entry. It is .47m deep and leads to a N-S running passage 4.06m long, .75m high and 1.2m wide. This widens to 1.32m and 0.88m high at its N end to lead to a central area. This is 1.4m high, 3.7m W-E and 1.5m N-S. Part of the N wall of this chamber is of masonry and contains a small wall cupboard, .3m long .4m high and 0.54m deep. At the E is a low stone 'bench' or slab .83m × 0.33m resting .15m above the floor on two stone supports. Behind this is the blocked up E chamber/passage which viewed from the E surface opening is at least 3.7m long and 1.7m wide. To the W of the central chamber is a rock-cut-opening 1.53m wide and 0.89m high which leads to a chamber 1m high and 3.9m long. A doorway comprising of a lintel resting on a portal stone to the E, and masonry to the W forms the entry to the N passage/chamber which is 1.98m long, .8m wide and 0.68m in height. There is an opening to the surface at the N end of this. All the chambers and passage are roofed with flagstones. This promontory fort is located on the N side of the Erne estuary close to the town of Ballyshannon. 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

• DG107-052003 Souterrain
  Description

  Dungravenen, a very spectacular promontory fort (DG107-052001-) isolated by an earthen bank and rock-cut fosse. A causeway crosses the fosse indicating the probable location of the entrance. The interior is fairly level except for a horseshoe-shaped mound (DG107-052002-) with a surrounding ditch to the S of the causeway entrance. There are traces of a low earthen bank around the internal perimeter. Inside the fort is a rock-cut souterrain (DG107-052003-) open in three places to the E, N and S. Only the latter opening affords an entry. It is .47m deep and leads to a N-S running passage 4.06m long, .75m high and 1.2m wide. This widens to 1.32m and 0.88m high at its N end to lead to a central area. This is 1.4m high, 3.7m W-E and 1.5m N-S. Part of the N wall of this chamber is of masonry and contains a small wall cupboard, .3m long .4m high and 0.54m deep. At the E is a low stone 'bench' or slab .83m × 0.33m resting .15m above the floor on two stone supports. Behind this is the blocked up E chamber/passage which viewed from the E surface opening is at least 3.7m long and 1.7m wide. To the W of the central chamber is a rock-cut-opening 1.53m wide and 0.89m high which leads to a chamber 1m high and 3.9m long. A doorway comprising of a lintel resting on a portal stone to the E, and masonry to the W forms the entry to the N passage/chamber which is 1.98m long, .8m wide and 0.68m in height. There is an opening to the surface at the N end of this. All the chambers and passage are roofed with flagstones. This promontory fort is located on the N side of the Erne estuary close to the town of Ballyshannon. 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

• DG107-053 Historic town
  Description

  The town is situated on a ford at the mouth of the river Erne on the main routeway between Sligo and Donegal. The name is derived from Beal Atha Seanaidh "the mouth of the ford of the hill-slope" (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 18). The importance of Ballyshannon is fundamentally integrated into its strategic location as a fording point at the mouth of the Erne. Control of this fording point effectively bestowed control of the route from Connacht to Tirconnell. Added to this is the fact that Ballyshannon also overlooks the estuary of the Erne which forms a natural harbour here. This harbour has been of importance since prehistoric times as is shown by the remarkable bronze sword hilt, of 1st century B.C. (Ryan et. Al. 1983, 104) which was brought up from the sea-bed by a fisherman's net in 1916 and was probably imported directly from Gaul. The continuing importance of the harbour is attested again in the late middle ages. In 1420, for instance, an English trading ship arrived in the harbour (Nicholls 1987, 419). Again in 1614-15, after the foundation of the town, the Arthur of Ballyshannon, which carried wine from Bordeaux for Sir Henry Foliot (Hunter 1981, 69). The strategic significance of the future town site was not lost to either the Anglo-Normans or to the English when they attempted to penetrate Ulster in the late sixteenth century and ultimately it is this combination of geographical factors which accounts for the location of the town. In the mid-thirteenth century the Anglo-Normans under Maurice FitzGerald, lord of Sligo, made repeated attempts to penetrate Tirconnell but they never succeeded in establishing a foothold (Orpen 1911-20, iii, 268). In 1247 the annals record an actual battle fought at the ford of Ballyshannon itself (A. Conn.). The construction of a castle (DG107-053002-) here in 1423 by O'Donnell marked their appreciation of the significance of the ford and signalled their intention to control access between Connacth and Tirconnell. The strategic significance of Ballyshannon was apparent to the Dublin government as early as 1562 when the lord deputy, Perrott, wanted to post a garrison at Ballyshannon. It was one of the key strategic points during the Nine Years War (1594-1603) and in 1597 it was the scene of the defeat of Sir Conyers Clifford. In 1601 the lord deputy, Mountjoy, evolved a plan of cutting off Tirconnell from the rest of the north by establishing forts at Derry and Ballyshannon (DG107-053001-). Later in the year Sir Henry Dowcra put this plan into effect by landing at Derry and by capturing Donegal Abbey. He then moved south against Ballyshannon Castle but, without artillery, he could not capture it until March 1602 when guns were landed by sea. After the conclusion of the Nine Years War and pace was made with Rory O'Donnell, Ballyshannon Castle (DG107-053002-) and fort (DG107-053001-) was retained by the government together with 1000 acres on which it was intended to develop a town. The task of developing the town was entrusted to Sir Henry Foliott and the borough was incorporated in 1613. It continued to return two members to parliament until the passing of the Act of Union in 1800. The settler commuinty was relatively small and it is described as consisting essentially of "Irish houses" lived in by "soldiers for the most part and some few Irish" (Hunter 1981, 61). The adult population in the census of c. 1659 is given as 63 English and Scots and 71 Irish (Bradley and Dunne 1989, 19-20). The town is described in the Urban Survey of Donegal as 'The street plan is essentially linear consisting of Main St, with Castle St and Market St aligned diagonally towards it. The Mall, the Back Mall and College St would seem to be additions to this layout. On the southern side of the river East Port and West Port may be built on an early suburb. The original market place would seem to have consisted of the expanded area at the junction of Market St, Main St and Castle St. The Market Place, beside the Erne, is a later addition (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 20-1). MAIN STREET, BALLYSHANNON An archaeological assessment, in advance of a proposed supermarket development, was carried out by Christiaan Corlett for John Channing under licence No. 97E001 on the site at Main Street, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. Seven trenches were excavated mechanically in January 1997 throughout the area to be disturbed by the proposed development. All were excavated to limestone bedrock. The four trenches in the western half of the site revealed a stratigraphy which consisted of a black humic garden topsoil above a consistent sterile layer of brown humic clay, which in turn overlay a thin layer of subsoil of gritty boulder clay. Two small trenches immediately behind the building fronting the main street indicated that the cellar of that building had been built directly on bedrock. The final cutting on the street frontage, in a garden plot within the angle formed by the L-shaped building, revealed a layer of possible boulder clay above the bedrock. Immediately above this clay were a number of layers of soil and rubble which appear to have been dumped to bring the ground level up to the level of the street. No archaeological features or finds were identified. Bishop Street, Ballyshannon Seven test-trenches were opened by Mary Henry, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd under licence No. 01E0773 on a greenfield site (NGR 18743/36165) on the outskirts of Ballyshannon town. The pre-construction testing works were carried out pursuant to planning permission to construct a dwelling-house. The remains of a modern domestic dump were found in five of the trenches; the others revealed nothing of archaeological interest. (Excavations Bulletin 2001). Excavation licence number 04E0686 Pre-development testing was undertaken by Martin Fitzpatrick, ofArch. Consultancy Ltd under licence No. 04E0686 at the site of a proposed development on the south side of the Mall in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. The proposed residential and commercial development is located immediately west of the large, poorly preserved historical house known as the Condon Building. Five trenches were mechanically excavated. The stratigraphy revealed consisted of an orange/brown clayey fill which covered the site. The original ground level was reached at a depth of 0.9-1.1m in the east of the site, but elsewhere the fill was encountered up to a depth of 2-2.1m. No finds of archaeological significance were uncovered in the course of testing at the site. (Excavations Bulletin 2004) Pre-development testing was carried out by Richard Crumlish under licence No. 05E0745 on 5 July 2005 at a site (NGR 18743/36165) in advance of its development at Upper Main Street, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. The proposed development was located within the constraint area for Ballyshannon. It consisted of the erection of an extension to a premises. The site was located to the rear of Reid and Sweeney's solicitors' office (which appears to date to the early 19th century) and was accessible via an alleyway off Church Lane. The site consisted of a small backyard covered in stone flags. The alleyway from which the site was accessible was tested by the writer as part of an adjacent development in April 2003 (Excavations 2003, No. 387, 03E0529). One trench excavated (by machine) through the centre of the yard measured 8.1m long, 0.95-1m wide and 0.3-0.5m deep. Below the roughly cut stone flags was topsoil. Below the topsoil was grey/cream friable sandy silt loam. The topsoil contained roots, red-brick fragments, a small number of oyster shells and modern pottery sherds. The sandy silt loam contained a moderate amount of stones and pebbles. The testing revealed evidence of modern activity on the site only; i.e. stone flags (probably contemporary with or later than the adjacent 19th-century building), laid over topsoil which contained modern artefacts, over natural subsoil. (Excavations Bulletin 2005). The Rock, Ballyshannon NGR G87906120 T

• DG107-053001 Bastioned fort
  Description

  This fort, named ‘Mullanashee Fort’, is represented on the OS 1st ed. 6-inch map (surveyed 1834) as a roughly square-shaped enclosure with expansions at the east, south and west corners suggestive of bastions. Hugh Allingham, in his 'Ballyshannon: its history and antiquities’ recorded that the last vestige of the mound on Mullaghnashee having been, it is said, obliterated in 1798, when a star fort was constructed on the hill top, hence the spot is now called Fort-hill.’ (1879, 18) Allingham undoubtedly derived this information from a note by O’Donovan in his edition of the Annals of the Four Masters where he states: ‘According to the tradition at Ballyshannon, an ancient earthen fort, and the mound of Aedh Ruadh, or Red Hugh, were destroyed in 1798, to form a modern English star-fort which now crowns the summit of Mullaghnashee.’ (AFM, vi, 2029, note x) The fort clearly dates from an earlier period and, indeed, it may have been built in 1597 as part of the campaign by Sir Conyers Clifford, de facto Crown governor of Connaught, who went north at the end of July of that year to subdue O’Donnell. At the end of that month Tibbot ne Long Burke arrived under sail from Galway, to revictual Clifford’s forces with provisions ‘ordered by sea’, and to re-equip them with ‘two small field pieces’. Clifford, who had camped at Assaroe, now moved his troops into position around the artillery at Mullach-Sithe-Aedha (Mullaghnashee) where, over the next three days, his forces carried out a bombardment of the garrison at Ballyshannon castle (DG107-053001-; AFM, vi, 2029-30). His attacks on the castle were repulsed and owing to the lack of food and powder Clifford was forced to raise the siege and return south via a crossing near Asseroe, suffering considerable losses en route. Little surface remains of the fort are visible apart from the eastern and southern banks in the field immediately west of the Church though traces of other elements can be seen in aerial photographs. (Lacy et al. 1983, No. 886) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 August 2017

• DG107-053002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  This O'Donnell castle clearly was built to guard the ford here on the River Erne. The town, and presumably the castle, were taken and burned in 1522 in a raid by O’Neill into Tyrconnell (AFM, v, 1355) and it was here that Red Hugh O’Donnell stopped on his way north after his escape from gaol in 1592 (ibid., vi, 1925). The castle was besieged, in 1597, by Sir Conyers Clifford who had come north into Tyrconnel with a large force to subdue O’Donnell. Clifford stationed his troops and ordnance in Mullanshee Fort which occupied a high hill (DG107-053002-). For three days his troops ‘continued to fire on the castle with heavy balls, emitted with loud report and flashing flames from the loud-sounding, red, shot-vomiting guns of that heavy and immense ordnance which they had planted opposite the fortress, so that their reports and loud thundering in the regions of the air were heard far and distant from them. They sent large parties of their choicest soldiers to the base of the castle with wall-razing engines, and with thick and strong iron armour about their bodies, and bright-shining helmets on their heads, and with a bright testudo of round, broad, hard iron shields around them, to protect them from the shots of their enemies. The resolute attack they made upon the fortress, however, was of no avail to them; and it had been better for them that they had not come upon this journey against it; for from the castle were poured down upon them showers of brilliant fire from well-planted, straight [aimed] guns, and from costly muskets, and some rough-headed rocks and massive solid stones, and beams and blocks of timber, which were [kept] on the battlements of the fortress, in readiness to be hurled down [when occasion required]; so that the coverings of the razing party were of no shelter or protection to them, and great numbers of them were destroyed, and others who were severely wounded became so exhausted that they delayed not to be further slaughtered, and, turning their backs to their enemies, they were routed to the camp. The people of the fortress kept up a constant fire on them, and killed an unascertained number of them.’ (AFM, vi, 2029) Clifford eventually was forced to quit the siege and lost many soldiers in his route southwards. The castle was taken by Henry Docwra during his campaign in the north in 1602 (O’Donovan 1849, 263, 281). After the conclusion of the Nine-Years War (1594-1603) and peace was made with O'Donnell, the Dublin Government retained Ballyshannon castle and fort together with 1,000 acres on which it was intended to develop a town. The task of establishing this was entrusted to Sir Henry Ffolliot and the borough was incorporated in 1613. It would appear that the castle may have been ruined or, more likely, added to for the contemporary plantation records note that Lord Folliott ‘is building a fair and strong castle there of lime and stone’ (Treadwell 1953-5, 513). The castle was located on the eastern side of the river close to the bridge. Lughaidh O'Clery, in his life of Red Hugh O’Donnell, noted that the castle was on the bank of the river (Murphy 1895, 33). Allingham (1879, 30) recorded that ‘Of the castle of Ballyshannon nothing now remains but a portion of one of the walls (about 10 feet high and 5 feet thick), part of which is incorporated with a grain store, and part with a butter shed on the north side of the market yard. The castle buildings doubtless occupied the whole or greater part of the ground now used for market purposes, and probably extended some way further up the river bank, and from its "well battlemented" towers were poured many a volley of bullets and other missiles on the luckless enemies without. The castle park (a name still preserved in some old leases of adjacent premises) extended almost, if not entirely to the summit of the hill northward of the castle; and long after the building was demolished, a quantity of human bones was discovered in a garden close to the castle walls . . .’ Lewis (1837, i, 166) records that ‘A small portion of the ruins of the once celebrated castle of the O'Donnells, Earls of Tyrconnell, is in the town . . .’ and O’Donovan, writing in the mid-19th century in his edition of the Annals of the Four Masters noted that ‘The site of this castle is pointed out in a field on the east side of the town of Ballyshannon, called the Castle Park, but the walls are level with the ground and scarcely traceable.’ (AFM, vi, 2029, note w) The sections of the castle which survived into the later 19th century may have included or incorporated parts of the 17th century building erected by Folliott. It’s location was not recorded by the OS on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map nor on their large scale (1:1056) MS town plan (surveyed 1834) though the name 'Castle Street' is reflective of its siting to the east. The ITM coordinates given here are based on the account given by Allingham above and should only be considered as indicative of its location. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 August 2017

• DG107-053004 Church
  Description

  According to local tradition the first church built by Sir Henry Foliot was constructed beside the Erne in Market Yard. It was not until 1691 that the church was moved to its present site at Mullaghnashee (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 22). The present building was erected in 1841 and incorporates an eighteenth century core (Rowan 1979, 127).

• DG107-053005 Graveyard
  Description

  According to local tradition the first church in Ballyshannon was built by Sir Henry Foliot was constructed beside the Erne in Market Yard. It was not until 1691 that the church was moved to its present site at Mullaghnashee (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 22). The present building was erected in 1841 and incorporates an eighteenth century core (Rowan 1979, 127).

• DG107-053006 Graveslab
  Description

  Described in the Urban Survey of Donegal as 'Bernard Con O'Neill. 16th century (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 22-3). This slab is known only from a nineteenth century account which describes it as decorated with a ship, crescent moon, cornucopia and three right hands. It bore the inscription : BERNARD CON ONEIL AB ORIS BELLESENIENSIS QUI OBIIT PRIDIE NON JUN ANNO DOMINI 15.. (Mems. Dead ii, 1892-4, 57).

• DG107-053007 Graveslab
  Description

  Described in the Urban Survey of Donegal as 'Jean Banerman. 1681 (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 23). This slab is also known only from a nineteenth century accounts. It bore the inscription : HERE LYES JEAN BANERMAN, ALIAS FORBES, WHO DYED SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH 1681 AGED 65. (Allingham 1879; Mems. Dead, i, 1888-91, 336).

• DG107-054 Standing stone
  Description

  A stone, c. 1.3m high × 1.5m wide × c. 0.65m wide, said locally to mark a fording place of the river Erne. It is set on rock outcrop and is possibly a natural feature rather than a 'standing stone'. Markings like 'cats paws' on the E side, are also possibly natural. 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

• DG107-116 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  Located on a low ridge of rock outcrop with a stream and marshy land to S and E respectively. Natural rock outcrop that has been landscaped by the planting of beech trees around the base of this rock outcrop. It is possible that the occupiers of Danby House located 170m to the W may have landscaped this rock outcrop by creating a bank around the base of the outcrop into which beech trees were planted. On top of this rock they may have constructed a small summer house or gazebo. Danby gate lodge is located across the road to the W. This appears to be a post-1700 AD landscape feature. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 19 July 2010

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1600–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two-arch road bridge carrying small road over the Abbey River, built c. 1675. Two segmental-headed arches having roughly dressed and squared stone voussoirs. Rubble stone V-profile cutwater with corbelled head to central pier on upstream elevation (east). Rubble stone construction to spandrels, abutments, barrels and central pier. Rubble stone construction to parapets walls with stone coping over having cement repairs in places. Located to the countryside to the north-west of Ballyshannon, and immediately to the south of Assaroe Mill complex (40852002) and to the south-west of the remains of Assaroe Cistercian Abbey (DG107-044001-).

• Danby House, house, 1800–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over concealed basement house, built c. 1820 and modified c. 1845 and c. 1875, having enclosed pedimented single-bay single-storey Tuscan entrance porch to the centre of the main elevation (east), single-bay single-storey over basement wings attached to the north and south, and various two-storey over basement returns and extensions attached to the rear (west). Open pedimented Tuscan entrance porch to the south, possibly moved from another location. Formerly in use as restaurant and guest house, now in use as a private dwelling. Pitched slate roof with rooflights to main building having rendered chimneystacks to gable ends (north and south); replacement pitched slate roofs to side wings and to rear return and extensions. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Smooth rendered finish to enclosed porch to east elevation having moulded stucco cornice, engaged Tuscan columns on pedestals and having pediment over with carved sandstone coat-of-arms to tympanum. Square-headed window openings having stone sills, smooth rendered reveals, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite one-over-over windows to east elevation at ground floor level (main body of building and south side block). Moulded rendered architraves to window openings to side elevations (north and south) of porch to east. Stained glass bottom panel window to tripartite window to the south side of porch. Square-headed entrance door opening to front face of main porch (east) having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings and decorative iron door knocker, and with moulded architrave surround. Cut stone threshold to main doorway; doorway reached by flight of two ashlar steps. Square-headed door opening to the east elevation of side block to the north having timber panelled door with overlight. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the north-west of Ballyshannon town centre. House reached by long approach avenue from the east. Detached multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to the north-west of house having pitched artificial slate roof, rendered walls and square-headed window and door openings with timber fittings. Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding/coach house to the north of house having pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rubble stone walls (formerly rendered) with roughly dressed quoins to the corners, square-headed window openings at first floor level having two-over-two pane timber sash windows, and with two segmental-headed carriage arch openings at ground floor level having dressed voussoirs over and with timber double-doors. Walled garden on sub rectangular-plan to the north-east of house having rubble stone boundary walls lined to the interior faces with brick. Main entrance to the east comprising a pair of rock-faced stone gate-piers (on square-plan) having moulded pyramidal capstones over, and with wrought-iron double-gates. Gateway flanked to either side (north and south) by sections of quadrant walling constructed of snecked rock-faced masonry with crenellated coping over, and terminated by rock-faced stone gate-piers (on square-plan) having moulded pyramidal capstones over. Single-storey gate lodge (40852007) to the north-west of gateway. Roughly coursed stone boundary wall to road-frontage (east) having crenellated coping over; rubble stone boundary wall to road-frontage to south.

• Danby House, gate lodge, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge on L-shaped plan associated with Danby (40852006), built c. 1870, having gabled bay to the west end of the main elevation (south) flanked to the east by an open veranda. Now in use as private house with modern extension to the rear (north). Pitched natural slate roofs to main body of building and to gabled projection having rendered chimneystack with moulded cornice offset to the west side of the centre of the main body of the building. Terracotta ridge tiles. Mono-pitched natural slate roof over veranda supported on moulded timber supports with moulded timber bargeboards. Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls; timber lattice trellis attached to projecting bay. Square-headed window openings to main body of building having replacement timber one-over two-pane timber sliding sash windows with plain rendered surrounds and stone sills. Segmental-headed painted windows with plain rendered surrounds and stone sills to south side of projecting bay and to east side of main body of lodge. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to side elevations (east and west) of projecting bay. Central square-headed door opening to main body of building having glazed timber door, c. 1920, and plain rendered surround. Timber lattice trellised fence to veranda. Set back from road to the north-west of the main entrance gate serving Danby House, and to the east of the main house. Garden to the rear. Set on slightly elevated position with lawn grass areas to south and west, enclosed to south by flight of cement rendered steps. Located to the north-west of Ballyshannon town centre.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, having single-storey lean-to extension/outbuilding attached to the north-west gable end. Pitched (reed?) thatched roof with raised scalloped ridge having decorative ropework, sally restraining rods to eaves, and having rendered chimneystacks and raised rendered verges to gable ends (north-west and south-east). Raised rendered eaves course. Corrugated metal roof to extension/outbuilding to the north-west. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Limewashed rear elevation (south-west) over rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings having rendered reveals, stone sills and replacement windows. Square-headed doorway, offset slightly to the north-west side of centre having rendered reveal and replacement door. Set slightly back from road to the north-west of Ballyshannon town centre. Small yard to front (north-east) enclosed by rendered boundary wall having piers (on square-plan) to corners and to pedestrian entrance serving front entrance. Modern mild steel pedestrian gateway to entrance. Raised yard to rear (south-west) enclosed by rendered rubble stone boundary walls. Single-storey outbuilding to the south-west having rendered rubble stone walls, square-headed openings and a mono-pitched corrugated metal roof.

• The Thatch, house, 1830–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached (formerly end-of-terrace c. 1900) three-bay single-storey thatched public house, built c. 1850, having three-bay single-storey extension attached to the west. Formerly in use as a private dwelling. Pitched straw thatch roof with sally restraining rods to eaves, to eaves, ropework to ridge, and with raised render verges and rendered chimneystacks to gable ends (east and west). Corbel course to chimneystack to the west. Smooth rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and having timber one of over pane timber sliding sash window to the opening to the west end of the front elevation (north) and fixed three pane/tripartite timber shop display window to the east end of the main elevation having plain rendered surround and metal protection bar. Central square-headed door opening having stone plinth blocks to base, and timber battened half-doors with decorative wrought-iron hinges to bottom panel. Timber ‘licensing’ panel over doorway having moulded timber surround and painted lettering. Three-bay single-storey extension to the west with pitched natural slate roof with chimneystack to the west gable end, rendered walls with ‘rock-faced masonry’ effect, square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, square-headed doorway with timber door having metal hinges, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Road-fronted to the east end of Bishop Street, and to the north of Ballyshannon town centre. Courtyard to the rear with toilet block to the south.

• House, 1860–1900
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey over raised basement house, built c. 1880, having two-storey over basement return to rear (west). Now disused. One of a terrace of three along with neighbours to the south (not in survey). Square-headed carriage-arch to north end of main elevation (east) having timber boarded double-doors. Pitched artificial slate roof to main body of house, hipped to north end, having projecting cut stone eaves course, clay ridge tiles, and with two rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots. Chimneystack to the south shared with adjacent property. Natural slate roof to rear (west) return) having hipped end to east and pitched to west having rendered chimneystack. Some remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth cement rendered walls. Square-headed window openings to front elevation (east) with stop-chamfered reveals, stone sills, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to rear elevation (west) and to rear return having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows; six-over-three pane timber sash windows to north side elevation at first floor level. Square-headed entrance door openings to south end of front elevation (east) having timber door with fielded panels and bolection mouldings. Doorway flanked by moulded timber pilasters having foliate console brackets supporting moulded timber cornice over. Overlight above doorway. Doorway reached up flights of cement rendered steps (possible stone) to platform serving all three houses along terrace. Set slightly back from road-frontage to the north end of Upper Main Street, Ballyshannon. Bounded on street-frontage to the east by ruled-and-lined rendered boundary wall having decorative cast-iron railings over. High rubble stone boundary wall to rear (north-west).

• House, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached corner-sited three-bay two-storey over basement with attic level former house, built c. 1783, having two-storey return to the rear (west) with later single-storey extension attached to the west end. Possibly formerly in use as a Church of Ireland rectory, now in use as commercial offices. Pitched artificial (fibre cement) slate roof with projecting cut stone (sandstone?) eaves course, sections of cast-iron rainwater goods and having metal rooflight to front pitch of roof (east). Rendered chimneystack to the south gable end and red brick chimneystack with stepped coping to the north gable end, shared with adjacent property. Terracotta chimney pots to both chimneystacks. Replacement artificial slate roof to rear return and extension. Roughcast rendered walls to main body of building, smooth render ruled-and-lined finish to basement level to front elevation (east). Square-headed window openings having painted tooled stone sills and replacement windows. Round-headed door opening to main elevation (east), slightly offset to the north side of centre, having stucco surround with architrave and moulded lintel, replacement timber door, and with fanlight over. Set slightly back from road in elevated site with platform over basement to front elevation (east) having sandstone flagstone paving. Wrought-iron railings surrounding elevated platform. Square-headed doorway to covered basement to front level (east) having wrought-iron flat bar gate. Stone steps from street level giving access to raised platform and the main doorway. Bounded on road-frontage by rendered boundary wall. Located to the north end of Main Street, Ballyshannon. Two-storey outbuilding to the rear (west) having pitched roof (not viewed).

• Ballyshannon Masonic Hall, masonic lodge/hall, 1900–1910
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey over basement Masonic Lodge, built c. 1905. Shallow hipped natural slate roof with terracotta ridge-tiles, yellow brick chimney stack with polygonal terracotta pots over to the east end, and cast-iron rainwater-goods. Smooth-rendered walling over render plinth with smooth-rendered pilasters (on square-plan) over render pedestals to corners and between bays to front elevation rising to brackets supporting moulded dentil cornice to eaves over. Render block quoin effect to corner pilasters at ground floor level. Moulded sill course/cornice at first floor level. Smooth rendered lined-and-ruled to side elevations. Round-headed window openings at ground floor level having render architraves with keystone detail over, and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with spoked fixed pane window over; square-headed window openings at first floor level having render architrave surrounds, and with multi-pane timber casement windows. Coloured glass to windows. Round-headed shouldered render surround with keystone to central square-headed window at first floor level having Masonic square and compass motif to recess over window opening. Central round headed door opening to front elevation (north) with rendered architrave surround having keystone over, and with timber panelled surmounted by square and round overlights. Door accessed by flight of steps with rendered sidewalls and pedestal posts. Road-fronted along approach lane serving Church of Ireland church (40852016) adjacent to the west. Former school (40852015) attached to the west side elevation. Located to the north-west of Ballyshannon town centre. Rubble stone boundary wall to east site boundary; gateway to the east comprising a moulded render gate pier (on square-plan) having wrought-iron pedestrian gate.

• Saint Anne's Church (Kilbarron), church/chapel, 1730–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding five-bay Church of Ireland church, built 1735 or 1745 and extensively rebuilt 1839 - 42, having shallow single-bay chancel to the east adjoined to the south side by single-bay vestry, 1839 - 42, and three-stage tower built (on square-plan) to the west gable (slightly offset to the south side of centre), built c. 1735 or 1745 and altered c. 1903, having Irish-style crenellations over to the parapet corners. 'Repairs' carried out in 1899. Pitched natural slate roof to nave having raised cut stone verges to gable ends with moulded cut stone kneeler stones to eaves. Projecting cut stone eaves course. Cut stone chimneystack to gable apex to east. Pitched natural slate roof over chancel having raised cut stone coping to east gable end. Flat roof to vestry hidden behind cut stone crenellated parapet. Roughcast rendered walls with ashlar sandstone pilaster strips between bays and to corners of nave elevations (north and south) and to east gable end of chancel. Flat ashlar sandstone eaves courses with projecting corbels, and having sandstone plinth to base. Roughcast rendered walls to tower with inset clock faces to all sides at second stage level. Round-headed window openings over shallow segmental-headed window openings to nave elevations (north and south) having chamfered dressed stone surrounds, chamfered dressed stone sills, and paired round-headed lights with central cut stone mullions and plain windows. Three-graded round-headed window openings to chancel gable (east) having chamfered dressed stone surrounds, continuous pulvinated cut stone sill, figurative stained glass windows, and having cut stone date plaque above and cut stone date stone below. Shallow segmental-headed window opening with chamfered dressed stone surround to south face of vestry. Round-headed window openings to tower at first stage level having chamfered dressed stone surround; paired round-headed openings to tower at belfry level having dressed stone surrounds and timber louvers. Round-headed door opening to south face of tower having chamfered staged dressed stone surround and replacement timber double-doors. Shallow segmental-headed door opening to east face of tower having chamfered stone surround and timber boarded with decorative wrought-iron hinges. Interesting interior with galleries to three sides supported on cast-iron columns. Church set well back from road on an elevated site to the north-west/west of Ballyshannon town centre. Church set in graveyard with mainly nineteenth- and twentieth-century grave markers, both upstanding and recumbent. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary walls; decorative cast-iron railings and cut stone coping over boundary wall to the east, adjacent to gateway. Derelict detached two-bay two-storey former warden’s/sexton’s house (also in use as a school c. 1860 – Valuations Office map) to south-east corner of site having pitched natural slate roof with chimneystack to either end, roughcast rendered walls, and square-headed openings (now blocked). Main entrance gateway to the east comprising a pair of cut stone gate piers (on square-plan) having chamfered corners, stepped plinths, moulded capstones, and a pair of cast-iron gates. Wrought-iron lantern holder over gateway, linking piers.

• Manor House, house, 1760–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached end-of-terrace five-bay three-storey over basement house, built c. 1785, having single-storey extension attached to the north gable, c. 1920 and returns to the rear (west). Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered chimneystacks to either end (north and south), and cast-iron rainwater goods. Raised rendered verges to gable ends. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with render block-and-start quoins to the corners; pebble-dash finish to north gable end. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and one-over-one pane horned timber sash windows, single pane to basement window. Central square-headed door opening to the front elevation (east) having replacement timber panelled door with glazed overlight. Fronts directly onto street to the north of Main Street, Ballyshannon. Located on sloping site. Doorway reached by flight of stone steps giving access to raised platform surrounded by wrought-iron railings with ball finials over.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay three-bay house, built c. 1860. Formerly in use as a customs office/post c. 1900, and later as a retail outlet from c. 1930 to c. 1970. Now in use as a private house. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, projecting rendered stone eaves course, some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods, and with rendered chimneystacks to either end (north and south). Cement rendered walls with ruled-and-lined finish. Square-headed window openings with rendered masonry sills, smooth rendered reveals and timber six-over-six sliding sash windows. Fixed-pane timber display window to the south end of the front elevation (east). Some replacement windows to rear (west). Square-headed entrance door opening, offset slightly to the north of centre of the east elevation), having replacement timber door. Street-fronted to the centre of Main Street, Ballyshannon.

• House, 1770–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached end-of-terrace five-bay three-storey over basement house with attic storey, built c. 1780. North end of ground floor altered to accommodate retail outlet, c. 1950. Flat roofed return to the rear (east). Possibly formerly in use as an hotel, c. 1900. Now in use as apartments. Pitched artificial slate (fibre cement) roof with pronounced projecting eaves course and having four rendered chimneystack, two to the centre and one to either gable end (north-west and south-east). Smooth-rendered lined and ruled walls with smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with plain raised render surrounds, painted stone sills and replacement windows. Square-headed window openings to gable haunches (north gable end). Fixed-pane display window to north end of the main elevation, serving retail outlet. Central square-headed door opening with ashlar Gibbsian door surround surmounted by open-bed pediment over, and having replacement sunburst half-glazed timber door with plain overlight. Square-headed door opening to the north end of the front elevation (west), serving shop, with timber battened door and glazed overlight. Road-fronted to the centre of Main Street, Ballyshannon. Concrete steps to front (west) giving access to cement rendered platform to front to accommodate site gradient. Two-storey outbuilding to the rear on L-shaped plan having natural slate roof, rendered walls and square-headed window openings with tripartite/Wyatt-style timber sash windows (not viewed).

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay three-storey house, built c. 1820, having former shopfront, c. 1920, to the south end of the main elevation (east). Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, exposed rafter ends to eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick chimneystacks to the north gable end and to the centre; render chimneystack to the south gable end. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over plinth course with raised and having raised rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane horned timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes, plain raised rendered surrounds and painted stone sills. Square-headed fixed pane display window with rendered surround to shopfront to the south end of the main elevation (east). Square-headed door opening, offset to the north side of centre, having plain raised rendered surround, plain glazed overlight, plinth blocks and early timber panelled door; doorway flanked by plinth walls. Two square-headed door openings to former shopfront to south having timber boarded doors. Overlight to doorway to the south end. Road-fronted on sloping site to the north-east of Ballyshannon town centre.

• The Market House, house, public house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey public house, built c. 1860, altered c. 1980. Pitched natural slate roof, partially hidden behind raised parapet with render cornice detailing, having clay ridge tiles, render chimneystack with terracotta pots and raised render parapet to the north gable end, and some remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls to main elevation (east) having ruled-and-lined finish over projecting smooth rendered plinth. Smooth render fascia panel with painted lettering below window openings at first floor level having moulded render detailing and moulded render cornice over doubling as moulded sill course. Panel between window openings to south end of main elevation (east) at first floor level having moulded surround. Cement rendered finish to north gable elevations. Square-headed window openings at first floor level having rendered stone sills, render block-and-start surrounds with render vermiculated keystones over, and having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window opening to south end of main elevation having rendered stone sill, and replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window with leaded coloured glass detailing to lower panel. Square-headed display window to pubfront, c. 1980, having timber casement windows. Central square-headed door opening having replacement timber door and plain narrow overlight. Road-fronted to the north end of Ballyshannon town centre, overlooking site of Ballyshannon Market House (now demolished).

• House, shop/retail outlet, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Mid-terraced attached two-bay three-storey house and retail outlet, built c. 1850, having shopfront to ground floor, c. 1950. Pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with smooth rendered chimneystack to the south gable end having yellow brick coping. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over smooth rendered plinth, and having block-and-start quoins to corners at first and second floor level. Square-headed window openings at first and second floor level with rendered surrounds and painted stone sills, and having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows over at second floor level. Fixed-pane display window to the north end of the front elevation (west). Modern square-headed doorway to centre having recessed glazed timber door. Original square-headed doorway to the south end of the main elevation now infilled with fixed-pane display windows. Modern timber fascia over display window. Street-fronted to the centre of Ballyshannon.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1890–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited multiple-bay three-storey commercial building with accommodation over. , built c. 1910. having canted corner and façade that follows line of Castle Street. Shopfront to the canted corner and to west and south elevations adjacent. Now in use as a pharmacy/chemist with apartments over. Three-storey addition to the east end. Shallow roof hidden behind raised red brick parapet with cement coping over. Red brick chimneystack with yellow brick detailing. Red brick walls (English Garden Bond) with flush yellow brick banding, and having recessed rectangular panels above first floor openings; channelled pilasters to corners having moulded cornices at window sill level to first and second stories; pilasters terminate in ball finials over at parapet level. Render fluted pilasters to shopfront and to corners at ground floor level having moulded cornices. Round-headed window openings, paired to upper floors apart from above canted corner, having yellow brick heads with yellow brick nail-headed hoodmouldings over, moulded sill courses to upper floors, and replacement windows. Square-headed triple-light fixed-pane replacement display windows to shopfront to west end, flanking canted corner. Round-headed doorway to canted corner having replacement double doors with plain overlight having moulded cornice and moulded render surround. Modern sign boards over shopfronts. Modern timber shopfront to extension to the east. Round-headed doorway to the south, to the east of shopfront, having timber panelled door, and plain overlight with yellow brick surround having yellow brick nail-headed hoodmouldings over. Set in a corner site in prominent location to the centre of Ballyshannon. Stone steps to footpath to the south.

• House, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey public house, built c. 1875, having dormer attic level and with shopfront to ground floor. Accommodation over. Pitched natural slate roof having rendered ruled-and-lined chimneystacks to either gable end (east and west), cast-iron rainwater goods and moulded eaves course/cornice. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined finish to dormer openings having render kneeler stone detailing to corners and moulded coping/cornice over. Smooth rendered finish at ground floor level, smooth render walls over having ruled-and-lined finish. Channelled render quoins to the corners. Segmental-headed window openings at first floor level having rendered architraved surrounds, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows; segmental-headed window opening to the west side of main elevation (south) at ground floor level having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window; square-headed or basket-arched window opening to the east side of main elevation (south) at ground floor level (pub window) having fixed-pane display window; and round-headed window openings to dormers having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Two basket-arched door openings, one serving public house (east) and the other the accommodation upstairs, having timber panelled doors (double-doors to pub) with plain overlights, and having stone plinth blocks to base. Timber shopfront having fluted pilasters with decorative brackets over to outer pilasters. Render fascia having moulded render cornice over acting as sill course to first floor openings. Road-fronted to the east end of The Mall, and to the west of Ballyshannon town centre.

• House, 1840–1880
  Description

  Attached end-of-terrace four-bay three-storey house, built c. 1860, having modern extension and conservatory to rear (south). Pitched artificial slate (fibre cement) roof having three yellow brick chimneystacks, one to either gable end (east and west) and one to the centre, with corbel course and terracotta pots. Modern rooflights. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting smooth rendered plain, and having render block/channelled quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Architraved surrounds to window openings at ground floor level to front elevation (north); decorative cast-iron window guard to window opening to the east end at ground floor level. Central segmental-headed/basket-arched doorway having render fluted pilasters over projecting plinth blocks with architrave surround to head, replacement timber panelled door flanked to the east side by timber panel, and having plain overlight above. Road-fronted to the east end of The Mall and to the west of Ballyshannon town centre. Garden to rear (south) bounded to north by pebbledash wall.

• House, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1810. Two-storey return to the rear (south). One of a terrace of three along with neighbours to the west (see 40852030 and 40852031). Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) having rendered chimneystacks to either end (east and west). Rendered ruled-and-lined walls. Square-headed window openings with horned six-over-six pane timber sash windows at first floor level and paired one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows at to ground level. Raised rendered surrounds to window openings having projecting keystones over with vermiculated detailing. Square-headed door opening to the west end of the front elevation (north) having raised rendered surround with projecting keystone over having vermiculated detailing, replacement glazed timber door and having three-pane overlight. Street-fronted to the centre of The Mall, and to the west of Ballyshannon town centre.

• House, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1810. One of a terrace of three along with neighbours to either side (see 40852029 and 40852031). Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) having rendered chimneystacks to either end (east and west). Rendered ruled-and-lined walls. Square-headed window openings with horned six-over-six pane timber sash windows, and having raised rendered surrounds with projecting keystones over having vermiculated detailing. Square-headed door opening to the west end of the front elevation (north) having raised rendered surround with projecting keystone over having vermiculated detailing, timber panelled door and plain overlight above. Street-fronted to the centre of The Mall, and to the west of Ballyshannon town centre.

• Allingham House, house, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1810. Having two-storey return to the rear (south). One of a terrace of three along with neighbours to the east (see 40852029 and 40852030). Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) having rendered chimneystack to the east end. Rendered ruled-and-lined walls. Polished granite plaque to front elevation reads ‘William Allingham, poet, born in this house 19th March 1824. Square-headed window openings with replacement windows, and having raised rendered surrounds with projecting keystones over having vermiculated detailing. Square-headed door opening to the west end of the front elevation (north) having raised rendered surround with projecting keystone over having vermiculated detailing, replacement timber door and plain overlight above. Street-fronted to the centre of The Mall, and to the west of Ballyshannon town centre.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached end-of-terrace four-bay two-storey over concealed basement house with attic storey, built c. 1810, having central shallow projecting single-bay breakfront to the main elevation (north). Single-bay full-height stair return to the rear (south); modern single-storey extension to the east end of the rear elevation. Ground falls away to south creating three-storey elevation to rear (south). Pitched artificial slate (fibre cement) roof having a central pair of chimneystacks and projecting eaves course. Replacement rainwater goods. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over pronounced projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and replacement six-over-six pane timber casement windows. Tripartite/Wyatt-style window openings to breakfront at first floor level and to the east end of the main elevation (north) at ground floor level having replacement timber casement windows. Central square-headed doorway to breakfront having tripartite tooled stone surround having plain pilasters supporting cornice over, and with replacement timber panelled door having plain overlight and sidelights. Road-fronted to the centre of The Mall, and to the west of Ballyshannon town centre. Replacement timber double gates to the west side elevation give access to rear of site and garden to south.

• Condon House, house, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house with attic level, built c. 1810. Now derelict and out of use. Pitched natural slate roof, now collapsing, having smooth rendered chimneystack to the west gable end having cut stone detailing, remains of cast-iron rainwater goods, and moulded cut stone eaves cornice. Raised cut stone coping to gable ends (east and west) forming cut stone stringcourse to side/gable elevations. Squared coursed rubble (sandstone) walls with flush dressed ashlar quoins to the corners and projecting cut stone stringcourse at ground floor level; red brick construction to the east gable end and cement rendered finish to the west gable end. Walls now largely covered in vegetation. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and the remains of timber sliding sash windows and internal shutters. Window openings set in flush dressed ashlar limestone surrounds with block-and-start detailing to the sides. Round-headed window opening to the centre bay at the rear (south) at second floor level, lighting the stair hall. Central round-headed doorway having cut stone doorcase with Doric columns supporting moulded entablature over having foliate detail/motif to centre, remains of early timber panelled door and fanlight over (now blocked and infilled). Cut stone steps serving doorway. Set slightly back from road in own grounds, now overgrown, to the west of Ballyshannon town centre. Bounded on road-frontage to the north by render ruled-and-lined boundary wall having moulded cut stone coping over surmounted by decorative cast- and wrought-iron railings.

• Lia-Fáil, house, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1815, having two-storey return to the rear (north-west). Modern extensions to rear. Half-hipped natural slate roof with a central pair of rendered chimneystacks, projecting sandstone eaves courses, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rough-cast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth, and having smooth rendered raised block/channelled quoins to the corners of the main elevation (south-east). Square-headed window openings with rendered reveals, replacement six-over-six pane horned timber sash windows and stone sills. Window openings to ground floor of main elevation (south-east) set in round-headed recesses. Central square-headed door opening, set in round-headed recess, having rendered reveal, plinth blocks, timber panelled door and having cast-iron lattice overlight. Door accessed by two stone steps and flanked by two wrought-iron bootscrapers. Set back from the road to the west of Ballyshannon town centre with garden to front of site. Bounded on road-frontage to the south by rendered boundary wall having wrought-iron railings over. Boundary wall terminated by rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having moulded capstones over. Gate way to centre of boundary wall having rendered gate piers (on square-plan with chamfered corners) having moulded capstones over. Single-storey rubble stone outbuildings to rear (north-west) site having mono-pitched roofs. Site bounded to rear by rubble stone wall having roughly dressed quoins to corners.

• Ballyshannon Methodist Church, church/chapel, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding five-bay gable-fronted former Methodist church/meeting house, built 1899, having single-bay entrance porch attached to the south end of the east elevation (slightly set back from entrance front) and single-bay vestry attached to the north end of the east elevation. In use as a factory and shop in the 1960s, and later in use as a Methodist church hall. Now in use as veterinary practice with modern extension attached to the east elevation of hall. Pitched natural slate roof having raised cut stone verges/coping to the gables with cut stone kneeler stones to the eaves, projecting corbelled eaves course to the east and west side elevations, ashlar chimneystack to the north gable apex, and cut stone fluer-de-lis finial over entrance gable/south gable end. Hipped natural slate roof to entrance porch with corbelled brackets to the eaves; lean-to roof to vestry. Rock-faced snecked limestone walls over chamfered ashlar plinth course, flush sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners of main hall and to entrance porch. Two pointed-arch openings to the entrance gable (south) having paired pointed arched window openings with sexfoil openings over, set in chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds with chamfered sills and with hoodmouldings over. Two pointed arch window openings to north gable end having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds with chamfered sills, and with quatrefoil window opening, set in ashlar sandstone surround, over to gable apex.. Pointed-arch window openings to east and west elevations of nave/hall, paired to central bay, having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds with chamfered sills. Square-headed window opening to north face of vestry having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds and chamfered sill. Replacement glass to majority of openings, leaded coloured glass to sexfoil windows to entrance front (south), to quatrefoil window opening to north gable, and with a number of panes still surviving to the east and west elevations. Tudor-arched doorway to the south face of entrance porch having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surround, replacement timber door with decorative timber hinges, and with hoodmoulding over. . Set back from road to the west of Ballyshannon town centre. Interior altered to accommodate new use with new floor added into hall/nave and partitioned into rooms. Bounded on street-frontage to the south by snecked limestone plinth wall having cut stone coping and decorative cast-iron (?) railings over. Entrance gateway to the centre having a pair of cast-iron gate posts (on octagonal-plan) having ball finials over and a pair of decorative cast-iron (?) gates. Rubble stone boundary walls to the east, west and north of site. Ruinous rubble stone and brick outbuilding to the north.

• Epworth, manse, 1895–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former Methodist manse, built c. 1900, having projecting central entrance bay surmounted by canted bow at first floor level. Now in use as a private dwelling. Hipped replacement natural slate roof having terracotta ridge and hip tiles, a central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks with corbel course, and moulded rendered eaves cornice. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting plinth course; moulded render sill courses to ground and first floor levels, render block-and-start quoins to corners of main building and to projecting porch at ground floor level. Paired square-headed window openings at ground floor level, set in segmental-headed architraved surround having central moulded mullion, and with decorative keystone detail over. Square-headed window openings at first floor level having plain raised rendered surrounds. Square-headed window openings to the side elevations (east and west) of entrance porch having rendered architraved surrounds. Replacement one-over-one pane sliding sash windows throughout. Round-headed door opening to the front face of porch (south) having render architraved surround, replacement timber door with fielded panels and with replacement spider’s web fanlight over. Doorway accessed by flight of six cement rendered steps. Situated on an elevated site to the west of Ballyshannon town centre. Set slightly back from the road with garden to front site (south). Bounded to the south by squared rubble stone wall having coping and decorative cast-iron railings over. Pedestrian gateway serving doorway comprising cast-iron gate post supporting decorative cast-iron gate. Modern vehicular entrance to the north, flanked by modern walls.

• Store/warehouse, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay four-storey r warehouse or store on T-shaped plan having four-storey return to the centre of the rear elevation (north), built c. 1820. Multiple modern single- and additions/covered yard to the rear (north). Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building having cut stone eaves course, raised cut stone verges/coping to gable ends (east and west) and a rendered chimneystack to the west gable end. Some courses of replacement artificial slate (fibre cement) to rear pitch of main roof (north). Hipped artificial slate (fibre cement) roof to rear return. Coursed limestone rubble walls with flush tooled block-and-start quoins to corners of main elevation (south). Smooth cement rendered finish to the west gable end having raised block-and-start quoins to the corners. Smooth rendered fascia panels to the front elevation (south). Square-headed window openings having stone sills and roughly dressed stone lintels over. Replacement timber casement windows; majority of window openings now infilled with rubble stone and/or blockwork, particularly to the ground and first floors of the main elevation. Square-headed door opening to the centre of the front elevation (south) having roughly dressed stone lintel over, and having timber boarded door. Road-fronted to the west of Ballyshannon town centre, and in close proximity to the former quay front (40852043). Vent pipe with fluted pedestal located to the south-east corner of the front elevation.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910, having full-height canted projections to the outer bays of the main elevation (west) and with two-storey return to rear (east). Hipped natural slate roof having terracotta ridge tiles, terracotta finials over canted bays, central pair of yellow brick chimneystacks having pronounced render cornice coping over and flush stringcourses, profiled cast-iron rainwater goods, and render dentilated eaves cornice. Pitched natural slate roof to rear return having yellow brick chimneystack to the west gable end having pronounced render cornice coping over, render dentilated eaves cornice and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls over projecting plinth, and having raised render block-and-start quoins to the corners off main block and to rear return. Moulded stringcourse/cornice at first floor level. Square-headed window openings at ground floor level to main block and to rear return having architraved surrounds, stone sills and replacement window openings. Square-headed window openings to main elevation (west) and first floor level having lugged architraved surrounds, stone sills and replacement windows. Continuous sills to canted bays. Scrolled/inverted consoles to base of architraved surround to centre bay, first floor level of main façade. Central basket-arched door opening to main elevation (west) having rendered architrave surround with scrolled keystone, replacement door with glazed surrounds and overlight, and having segmental pediment over. Door accessed by flight of concrete steps flanked to either side by rendered plinth walls that curve outwards from the doorway. Set back from road in mature landscaped grounds to the west end of The Mall, and to the west of Ballyshannon. Single-storey outbuildings to the north-east having rendered walls, corrugated metal roofs, and timber fittings. Gateway to the south comprising moulded cast-iron gate posts supporting decorative wrought-iron gates. Gateway flanked to either side (east and west) by curved sections of squared rubble stone walling (brought to courses) having moulded sandstone coping over.

• Ballyshannon Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1830–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Presbyterian church, dated 1834 and modified and enlarged c. 1885, comprising a three-bay hall to the west with projecting gable-fronted extensions to the south and north elevations of the east end of original hall, added c. 1885. Three-bay single-storey block attached to the south end of the projecting addition to the south having shallow projecting gable-fronted porch to the centre bay. Stepped open belfry to gable apex of gabled projection to the south having wrought-iron cross finial over. Shallow gable-fronted projection to the east elevation/chancel. Pitched artificial slate roofs of building having decorative (metal?) ridge cresting and projecting cut stone eaves course. Raised cut stone verges to gable ends and to gabled porch having moulded kneeler stones to eaves and with decorative moulded stone finials to gable apexes. Lean-to artificial slate roof to entrance porch projection. Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly squared and coursed rubble stone construction to original hall to the west having flush cut stone quoins to the corners and chamfered plinth course to base. Rock-faced snecked stone walls to gabled additions to the east having chamfered cut stone plinth course, and having flush squared ashlar quoins to the corners. Flush smooth cut stone stringcourse to south projecting gable at eaves level. Roughcast rendered finish to west elevations of main hall. Stepped ashlar limestone clasping buttresses to the corners of the gabled projections to the south and the north of original hall surmounted by ashlar cruciform-plan gabled pinnacles over with ornate foliate finials. Cut stone finial on gabled carved stone base to projection to the east elevation. Pointed-arched window openings to the south and north elevations of hall to west having staged chamfered ashlar surrounds, cut stone Y-tracery, chamfered ashlar sills, plate glass windows, and hoodmouldings over. Central circular window openings to the north and south gable ends of extension to the east having chamfered cut stone surround with ashlar inset/tracery having circular window openings with stained glass. Curved triangular/sub-circular window opening to the shallow chancel project to the east having chamfered ashlar surround with ashlar inset/tracery having circular window openings with stained glass, and having moulded hoodmoulding over with elaborate carved foliated label stops. Pointed-arch window openings to the east elevation, flanking central shallow chancel projection, having chamfered cut stone surrounds, chamfered sills and stained glass. Shouldered window openings to south face of single-storey porch projection, flanking doorway, having chamfered cut stone surrounds, chamfered sills and leaded stained glass. Pointed segmental-headed door opening to front face of porch to south having chamfered cut stone surround, hoodmoulding over with foliated label stops, replacement timber double-doors, and timber sheeting to former overlight. Flight of cut stone steps serving doorway flanked to either side (east and west) by plinth walls having cut stone coping over with chamfered margins. Modern metal railings to steps. Set back from road in own grounds to the west of Ballyshannon town centre. Tarmacadamed forecourt to the south with small graveyard to the south-west of enclosure having cut stone gravemarkers, some with wrought-iron railings. Cut stone steps to graveyard, one having incised Ordnance Survey benchmark. Bounded on road-frontage to the south by rendered boundary wall having cut stone coping over. Gateway to the south of church comprising a pair of ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) having capstones over, and with a pair of wrought-iron gates. Single-storey former school or Sunday school to the south-west having pitched natural and artificial slate (fibre cement), roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course, and square-headed window openings having replacement windows. Single-bay entrance porch attached to the north gable end having square-headed openings with timber door to the east face and multi-pane timber casement window to the north elevation. Render failing to west elevation of school exposing red brick construction. Single-storey outbuilding to the north-west having roughcast rendered walls, lean-to roof and square-headed openings with timber doors. Associated former manse (not in survey), built c. 1840, adjacent to the east.

• Quay/wharf, 1750–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pier and quay on roughly rectangular-plan, built c. 1775 and altered c. 1835 and 1880. Possibly containing pre-1700 fabric. Modified with concrete rendered slipways (modern?) to the north and to the south-east. Constructed of coursed and roughly squared rubble stone masonry having cut stone coping (with cement repairs) to the margins. Rubble stone paving to deck. Flight of cut stone steps to the south having modern metal railing. Timber retaining supports attached to the south elevation. Carved timber bollard/mooring post to the south-west corner, cast-iron bollards/mooring posts to the south elevation. Metal ringlets/link chains to slipways. Located at the mouth of the Rover Erne, facing Inis Samer Island to the south-west, and to the west of Ballyshannon town centre.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding seven-bay double-height Catholic church, dated 1842 and modified 1860 and 1891, having two-storey over basement sacristy to the centre of the south elevation (1842), single-bay canted chancel apse to the east end (1860), single-bay single-storey canted entrance porch to the west gable end, and having three-stage tower (on square-plan) to the centre of the north elevation having broached ashlar spire over (on octagonal-plan) having wrought-iron cross finial. Single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch attached to the north-east (north elevation, second bay to the west from tower). Three-bay single-storey extension, c. 1980, attached to the south-east corner (to east of sacristy on the south elevation). Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building having raised ashlar coping verges to gable ends (east and west) having carved stone Celtic cross finials to gable apexes and raised ashlar plinths over eaves, and with moulded cut stone eaves courses to side elevations (north and south), running across tower as stringcourse at base of third stage. Pitched natural slate roof to sacristy having raised cut stone verge/coping to south gable end with rasied ashlar plinths over eaves; ashlar chimneystack to gable apex. Hipped natural slate roofs to canted apse to the east and to canted entrance porch to the west; corbelled cut stone eaves course to apse. Pitched natural slate roof to gable-fronted entrance porch to the north elevation having raised cut stone coping to north gable end having cross finial to gable apex and cut stone kneeler stone at eaves level. Coursed squared rubble stone walls having chamfered cut stone plinth course, flush ashlar quoins to corners and with cut stone sill course to main body of building at clerestory level. Stepped diagonal corner ashlar buttresses to corner of main body of building and to tower. Cut stone corbelled stringcourse above clerestory window openings to north elevation. Statue of St. Patrick to gable end of sacristy at second floor level. Segmental-headed window openings to main body of building at ground floor level to south and north elevations having chamfered cut stone surrounds and cut stone sills and with stained glass windows; tall round-headed window openings over at clerestory level having chamfered cut stone surrounds, stained glass and having paired round windows with timber tracery having occuli detail to head. Round-headed openings to west gable end having chamfered cut stone surrounds; circular/ocular window opening with chamfered surround at clerestory level. Round-headed window openings with chamfered cut stone surrounds to the east gable end and to apse. Round-headed window openings to sacristy. Round-headed window openings to first stage of tower, segmental-headed openings over with timber tracery and leaded glass windows. Paired round-headed openings to tower at belfry/third stage level having timber louvers; pointed-arch openings to spire having timber louvers and with hoodmouldings over with decorative label-stops. Round-headed doorways to the north face of canted porch (west), to east elevation of gabled porch to the north, and to the north face of tower, having chamfered cut stone surrounds, timber double-doors and leaded overlights. Cut stone date plaque over doorway to tower inscribed ‘Dan Campbell, Builder, 1842’. Interesting interior with timber open queen post roof with timber tracery, extensive classical-style stucco panelling and moulding, engaged composition columns to chancel arch (separating apse and side chapels), Ionic pediments and aedicules to central bay of side elevations (north and south), and with timber gallery (now infilled below) to the west end supported on cast-iron columns. Set slightly back from road in an elevated site to the north of Ballyshannon town centre. Bounded on street-frontage to the north by low rendered boundary wall having chamfered coping and iron railings over. Carpark to the south. Modern grotto to south-west flanked by sections of modern walling. Celtic cross style stone memorials to the south-west of church.

• Kilbarron House, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1880–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey presbytery or parochial house, built c. 1900, having gable-fronted bay to the west end of the front elevation (south) with two-storey canted bay window, shallow projecting flat-roofed porch to the central bay of the main elevation, single-storey canted bay to the east end of the main elevation, and having two-storey return to the rear (north). Extended to rear, c. 2000, with two-storey extension to north end of return; single-bay entrance porches to the east gable end of original building and to east elevation of extension. Pitched artificial slate roofs (fibre cement) tiled roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, smooth rendered chimneystacks, moulded render eaves cornice with paired brackets, and having terracotta final over gable-fronted bay. Profiled replacement rainwater goods. Hipped artificial slate roofs to canted bays. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over smooth rendered plinth; moulded render stringcourse at first floor and moulded rendered entablatures to canted bays; moulded render stringcourse at first floor window head level. Moulded render cornice to porch having parapet over with moulded render entablature having rendered circular motifs to frieze. Square-headed window openings having moulded sills (continuous to canted bays) and replacement window fittings. Modern ecclesiastic stained glass windows with Cross motifs to east elevation, above porches. Round-headed doorway to porch having half-glazed timber double-doors with modern stained glass to upper panels, and having modern stained glass fanlight over. Doorway flanked by render pilasters (on square-plan) over moulded pedestals, and supporting moulded decorative foliate consoles over. Concrete steps serving doorway. Located to the north-east of Ballyshannon town centre, and directly to the south of associated Catholic church (40852044), in shared grounds. Bounded to road-frontage to the south by snecked rubble limestone boundary wall having concrete coping over surmounted by decorative cast-iron railings. Gateway to the west end of boundary wall comprising a pair of rock-faced snecked piers/boundary walls supporting a pair of decorative cast-iron gates. Garden to front (south), carpark to east of building.

• Galbraith, house, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1885. One of a group of three houses along with its neighbours to the east (see 40852049 and 40852050). Possibly with basement level to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with projecting sandstone eaves course, two rendered chimneystacks (one to west gable end and one to east end), raised cut stone verge with kneeler stone to the west gable end. Cast-iron guttering and replacement downpipe. Squared rubble limestone construction with tooled sandstone block-and-starts to the west corner of the main elevation (north). Smooth cement rendered finish to the side (west) and rear elevations (south). Square-headed window openings with slightly raised red brick block-and-start surrounds, stone sills and one-over-one pane horned timber sash windows. Paired window openings to west end of the main elevation at ground and first floor levels. Square-headed window openings to the rear elevation (south) having mixture of two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and replacement fittings. Square-headed door opening to the east end of the main elevation (north) having raised red brick block-and-start surrounds, timber panelled door with fielded panels and carved timber surround, and having decorative sidelights and multi-pane overlights set in moulded timber frame with shamrock motifs to head. Set slightly back from road a short distance to the east/north-east of Ballyshannon town centre. Bounded on street-frontage by squared limestone rubble plinth wall having stone coping and cast-iron railings over. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate to entrance. Single-storey outbuilding and rendered boundary wall to rear (south) and west boundary. Iron vent pipe to south-west in lane giving access to rear.

• House, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Mid-terrace two-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1885, possibly with basement level to rear (south). One of a group of three houses along with its neighbours to the west (see 40852048) and the east (40852050). Modern extension to the rear (south). Pitched natural slate roof with projecting sandstone eaves course, two rendered chimneystacks (one to either end), and projecting cut sandstone eaves course. Squared rubble limestone construction; smooth cement rendered finish to the rear elevation (south). Square-headed window openings with slightly raised red brick block-and-start surrounds, stone sills and replacement windows. Paired window openings to west end of the main elevation at ground and first floor levels. Square-headed window openings to the rear elevation (south) having mixture of two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and replacement fittings. Square-headed door opening to the east end of the main elevation (north) having raised red brick block-and-start surrounds, timber panelled door with fielded panels and carved timber surround, and having decorative sidelights and multi-pane overlights set in moulded timber frame with shamrock motifs to head. Set slightly back from road a short distance to the east/north-east of Ballyshannon town centre. Bounded on street-frontage by squared limestone rubble plinth wall having stone coping and cast-iron railings over. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate to entrance.

• House, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace attached three-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1885. One of a group of three houses along with its neighbours to the west (see 40852048 and 40852049). Extension to the south; possibly with basement level to rear (south). Pitched natural slate roof with projecting sandstone eaves course, two rendered chimneystacks (one to east gable end and one to east end), and having modern dormer windows to front (north) and rear (south) pitched). Squared rubble limestone construction with tooled sandstone block-and-starts to the east corner of the main elevation (north). Smooth cement rendered finish to the rear elevation (south). Square-headed window openings with slightly raised red brick block-and-start surrounds, stone sills and one-over-one pane horned timber sash windows. Replacement window to central bay at first floor level. Paired window openings to west and east end bays of the main elevation at ground and first floor levels. Central square-headed door opening having raised red brick block-and-start surrounds, timber panelled door with fielded panels and carved timber surround, and having decorative sidelights and multi-pane overlights set in moulded timber frame with shamrock motifs to head. Set slightly back from road a short distance to the east/north-east of Ballyshannon town centre. Bounded on street-frontage by squared limestone rubble plinth wall having stone coping and cast-iron railings over. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate to entrance.

• House, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terrace of three two-bay three-storey houses with half-dormer attic levels, built c. 1885, having various modern extensions to the rear (north). Pitched natural slate roofs having four rendered brick chimneystacks (one to either end of each building), and bracketed eaves course to main elevation (south) supporting moulded gutters. Squared roughly coursed rubble stone walls to front elevation (south) having raised sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners of the front elevation (either end of terrace); rendered finish to west gable end and exposed squared roughly coursed walls to east gable end having flush red brick construction to chimneybreast. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, flush yellow brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement window fittings. Chamfered lintels to dormer window openings. Square-headed door openings to the west end of each property having flush yellow brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement door fittings. Overlights to two of the doorways. Doorways reached by flight of cement rendered steps. Terrace set slightly back from road with small gardens/yards to the front of each property bounded by rendered boundary walls with chamfered coping over and surmounted by simple wrought-iron railings. Located to the north-east of Ballyshannon town centre.

• School, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house or former national school, built c. 1870, having single-bay lean-to extension attached to the west gable end. Later associated with the former convent (40852056) located across the road to the south, and later in use as a music facility associated with the modern convent school to the west and north. Now in use as a private house. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends and projecting rendered eaves course. Catslide roof over lean-to extension to the west gable. Some remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with square-headed window openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, and with render hoodmouldings over. Central square-headed door opening to main elevation (south) having replacement timber door, and with render hoodmoulding over. Square-headed doorway to the south face of extension to the west having timber battened door. Set slightly back from road to the east of Ballyshannon town centre. Bounded on road-frontage to the south by low rendered plinth wall having simple wrought-iron railings over. Boundary wall terminated to either side by piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal capstones over. Small mature garden to the south. Doorway accessed by wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Rubble stone boundary wall adjacent to the west.

• Saint Catherine's Convent, convent/nunnery, 1875–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay two-storey former convent with half-dormer and dormer attic storeys, built 1879 - 83, having advanced two-bay three-storey gable-fronted projections to either end of the main elevation (east and west), and with three-storey stair block to the rear elevation (south). Later in use as a secondary school and now out of use. Extended to the south in 1928 with construction of single- and two-storey blocks (including a dining room to the south end of the projection to the east), and with double-height chapel to the rear of the projection to the west having canted apse to south end and with sacristy attached to the east side of the nave. Toilet block and lift shaft extension to the centre of rear elevation (south). Two-storey extension to the east. Extended in 1961 with the construction of multiple-bay three-storey flat-roofed former boarding school block to the west. Pitched natural two-tone slate roofs (‘Bangor Blue’ slates with two green slate bands) having terracotta ridge cresting, corbelled eaves course supporting cast-iron rainwater goods, raised cut stone coping to gable-fronted projections having sandstone kneeler stones to eaves and wrought-iron cross finials to gable apexes, a central pair of rock-faced limestone chimneystacks having moulded cut stone cornices. Raised cut stone coping to half-dormer openings with wrought-iron cross finials over; decorative timber bargeboards and surrounds to dormer openings. Cast-iron downpipes with decorative brackets. Decorative glazed roof lantern over former kitchen block (?) to the east. Iron-railings over flat-roofed extension to the rear (south) and the east end. Constructed of snecked rock-faced limestone over chamfered ashlar plinth course with extensive sandstone detailing including moulded sill courses at first and second/half-dormer level. Sandstone panels over half-dormer window openings having recessed trefoil (to outer paired half-dormers or quatrefoil motifs (to central half-dormer; front elevation). Sandstone panels over window openings to gabled projecting end bays at second floor level (front elevation) having recessed trefoil-headed motifs, incised quatrefoil motifs to gable apexes. Pointed-arch statue niches to gabled projecting end bays to rear elevation at second floor level having moulded sandstone surrounds and with statues. Square-headed window openings having ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds with chamfered reveals, and having replacement windows. Coloured glass/stained glass to a number of ground floor openings to north elevation (now blocked) and to former chapel. Pseudo shouldered surrounds to openings at third floor level and to half-dormer openings. Paired trefoil-headed openings to gabled dormer opening to south end of east elevation. Recessed square-headed doorway to the centre of the main elevation (north) having timber double doors with stained glass overlights and sidelights. Doorway set in pointed-arch opening having moulded sandstone surround and with hoodmoulding over. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the east of Ballyshannon town centre. Two nuns’ graveyards on rectangular plans to south of main building having elaborate cast-iron boundary railings and gates and simple black marble or polished limestone memorial crosses. Grotto to site. Various flat-roofed single- and two-storey buildings to west of site. Enclosed gardens to the extreme south of site with remains of single-storey potting sheds. Bounded on road-frontage to north by rock-faced boundary wall.

• Sheil Hospital, hospital/infirmary, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay two-storey over basement hospital with attic storey, dated 1894, having central single-bay three-storey gable-fronted breakfront to the main elevation (north), projecting three-bay three-storey gable-fronted breakfronts to the penultimate bay to either end (east and west) of entrance elevation (north) and rear elevation (south), and with canted two-storey projection to the centre of the rear elevation (south). Altered in 1932. Modern three-bay two-storey over basement flat-roofed extension attached to the west elevation, two-storey canted projection with hipped slate roof offset to the west side of centre of rear elevation (south), and single-bay full-height lift shaft extension attached to the front of the gable-fronted projection to the east side of the front elevation (north). Single-storey extensions to the south-east corner. Mansard natural slate roof to main body of building having alternating bands of plain and fish scale slates, and with corbelled eaves course and moulded metal rainwater goods; two timber gabled dormer openings to front pitch (north), one to either side of central breakfront, and gabled dormer openings to rear having decorative bargeboards. Pitched natural slate roofs to gabled breakfronts/projections and to end bays having terracotta ridge cresting. Raised ashlar stone coping over breakfronts/gabled projections to entrance elevation (north) having decorative moulded capstones with wrought-iron finials over gable apexes and with ashlar stone kneeler stones at eaves level. Raised ashlar stone coping over gabled projections to rear elevation (south) having ashlar stone kneeler stones at eaves level and brick chimneystacks to gable apexes. Constructed of red brick (Flemish bond) with smooth rendered ruled-and-lined finish at basement level, flush block-start ashlar (sandstone?) quoins to the corners of breakfronts/gabled projections to entrance elevation (north), and having chamfered stringcourses between basement and ground floor levels and ground floor and first floor level. Cut stone date plaque with moulded frame over doorway to central breakfront having ‘Sheil Hospital 1894’ in relief. Square-headed window openings having chamfered stone sills, flush cut stone lintels, yellow brick relieving arches over, and having replacement window fittings. Triple-light window openings to central breakfront at first floor level, and to recessed flanking bays to either side at ground and first floor level, having cut stone mullions. Flush red brick block-and-start surrounds to the openings at basement level. Pointed arch door opening to front face of central breakfront having double chamfered ashlar tone surround with flush block-and-start ashlar stone surround, moulded hoodmoulding over, and flush yellow brick relieving arch/surround. Recessed doorway with replacement glazed double-doors and glazed surround. Doorway flanked to either side by pointed arch window openings with replacement fittings. Decorative tiled floor to recessed porch having coat of arms motif (Sheil family?). Plinth wall over basement level to front elevation having metal railings over; modern wheelchair ramps serving main entrance. Set back to road in extensive mature grounds to the east of Ballyshannon town centre. Car parks to front and rear; detached mortuary chapel to rear of site. Bounded on road-frontage to the north by rubble stone boundary wall having crenellated coping over.

• Ardmeelish House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1895–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two storey former Church of Ireland rectory on L-shaped plan, built c. 1901, having two-storey return to the rear (north) at the east side, advanced full-height gable-fronted bays to the outer bays of the front elevation (south), and with advanced gable-fronted bay to the south end of the east and west side elevations having canted bay at ground floor levels and box bay over at first floor levels supported on moulded corner brackets. Single-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance porch to the north end of the west side elevation having moulded render coping over front face (west). Now in use as a private house with recent two-and three-storey extensions to the rear (north). Pitched and hipped natural slate roofs with terracotta ridge-tiles, two central stepped smooth rendered chimneystacks, overhanging eaves with timber bargeboards to gables, moulded cornice-coping to porch with cast-iron profile guttering and replacement rainwater-goods. Roughcast render finish at ground floor level over projecting smooth rendered plinth wit smooth rendered finish at first-floor level. Rendered block-and-start quoins to corners of gabled bays to front elevation (south) and to gabled bays to side elevations at first floor level, render frieze at first floor level forming moulded cornice/sill course at first floor level and having incised decoration to canted bays to side elevations. Pseudo Tudor-style half-timbered finish with vent-openings to gables to front (south) and side (east and west) elevations. Rectangular vents at gable apex level to front and side elevations. Square-headed window openings, paired to front elevation (south), having rendered surrounds (block-and-start to front elevation to outer bays at first floor level; architraved surrounds to central bay to front elevation), moulded sill courses, and having replacement windows. Square-headed window lighting stair hall to rear (north) having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash widows with margin glazing pattern having coloured glass panes to margins. Segmental-headed opening to west face of porch, formerly a door opening now partially infilled and having window opening, and with rendered architrave surround. Square-headed doorway to the south face of porch having block-and-start surround, and timber panelled door with brass door furniture. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds overlooking the River Erne to the south, and located to the east of Ballyshannon. Two-storey former outbuilding/coach house to the rear (north), now converted to accommodation. Bounded on road-frontage to the south by snecked rock-faced stone boundary wall having crenellated coping over. Main gateway to the south-east of house comprising a pair of snecked rock-faced limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal caps over, and having a pair of wrought-iron gates with decorative finials. Gateway flanked to either side by quadrant/curved sections of snecked rock-faced walls having crenellated coping over and terminated by snecked rock-faced limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal capstones.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay three-storey house, built c. 1790, having integral carriage arch to the north end of the main elevation (west). Shopfront added to the south side of the main elevation c. 1890. Now in use as retail outlet with extensions to the rear (east). Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) having three brick chimneystacks, one to either end and one offset to the north side of centre with moulded brackets to coping, ashlar eaves course and with cast-iron rainwater goods supported by wrought-iron brackets. Moulded brackets to yellow brick chimneystacks to the south end and to north side of centre; red brick chimneystack to the north end having yellow brick stringcourse to coping. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls having block quoins to the corners of the main elevation (west) having vermiculated/rock-faced detailing and smooth margins. Brick construction evident to interior of carriage arch. Square-headed window openings to upper floors, diminishing in size towards the eaves, having raised rendered surrounds with vermiculated keystones, stone sills each supported on two corbels, and with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway, offset to the north side of central, having pedimented doorcase with engaged Tuscan columns on square-plan, (Doric) and triglyphs to frieze, timber panelled door and with stone threshold. Flight of cut stone steps to doorway flanked to either side by modern steel(?) railings. Shopfront to the south end of main elevation, added c. 1890, having fixed-pane display windows flanked to either side by pilasters surmounted by foliate consoles supporting timber fascia/entablature over having moulded cornice with modillion course. Recessed doorway to centre. Platform to front of shop served by concrete steps and surrounded by modern steel(?) railings. Segmental-headed carriage-arch to the north end of the main elevation (west) having engaged pilasters to either side having rock-faced surround to arch with vermiculated keystone. Modern steel gates and modern steel fascia over with metal lettering.

• Allied Irish Bank, bank/financial institution, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay single-storey former bank cash office, built c. 1886 having advanced pedimented breakfront to the centre of the front elevation (west) having Composite doorcase, and with round-headed carriage arch to the south giving access to carpark to the rear (east). Now in use as a bank and amalgamated with building to the north and having single-storey extension to the rear. Hipped natural slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods having decorative wrought-iron brackets to downpipes. Roof hidden behind stepped raised ashlar sandstone parapet (elevated over central bay) to front elevation (west) having moulded ashlar coping. Moulded stone modillion cornice at eaves level to front elevation, cornice/stringcourse over openings to outer bays. Carved stone urn over central bay. Ashlar sandstone walls having moulded entablature at sill course level having fluted frieze, and recessed panel beneath window opening having roundel motif; smooth rendered walling to rear and south side elevation. Round-headed window opening to the north end of front elevation (west) having moulded archivolt with keystone, and fixed-pane timber windows with multi-pane toplight. Window flanked by ashlar pilasters on square-plan having entablatures over. Paired round-headed window openings above doorway to centre bay having moulded stone archivolts with keystones, flanking pilasters with cornices, fixed-pane windows, and central cut stone mullion having foliate detail and with animal head motif. Square-headed window openings with aluminium windows to extension. Square-headed door opening to central bay having moulded stone lugged surround, timber double doors with fielded panels and central roundel motifs and having brass door furniture, moulded stone cornice/lintel over (with egg-and-dart detailing) supported on foliate console brackets, and carved stone panel over doorway having swag motifs. Doorway flanked to either side by two Composite columns on pedestals supporting pediment over. Carriage arch to the south with moulded archivolt having keystone detailing, flanking pilasters with entablatures over, and with wrought-iron double gates and having metal overpanel. Road-fronted to the south end of Castle Street and to the north of Ballyshannon Bridge (40852064). Cut stone steps to front serving entrance platform. Modern wheelchair ramp and railings to north of entrance.

• Bank/financial institution, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay four-storey over basement level former bank building on irregular-plan having bank manager’s accommodation over, built 1878, having gable-fronted projections with crow-stepped gables to the west and south elevations, three-storey block with crow-stepped coping to the east elevation, and having five storey tower (on battered curved base to the south elevation) with ashlar stone clockface and bellcote attached to the south end of gabled projection to the west having bell metal bell and with wrought-iron weather vane over. Entrance porch on semi-circular plan having conical natural slate roof over to the west corner of the south elevation. Now in use as a retail outlet with single-storey extension to the east. Pitched green and purple slate roofs (on quasi cruciform-plan) having four rock-faced stone chimneystack with flush ashlar stone quoins and moulded ashlar stone coping over (one to the north gable end; one to north-east corner; one to the east gable; and one to the centre), ashlar stone masonry to crow-stepped gables having carved stone ball finials to gable apexes, dormer opening to the east pitch of roof having ashlar crow-stepped gable with carved stone ball finial over, cut stone eaves courses, and having cast-iron rainwater goods. Constructed of snecked squared rubble stone walls having flush tooled ashlar stone quoins to the corners, and having ashlar stringcourse between ground and first floor level and chamfered stringcourse at ground floor level to the block to the north-west and smooth ashlar limestone entablature/stringcourse with moulded cornice to the south elevation and the west face of the block to the south. Roughcast rendered finish to the north (side) elevation). Ashlar stone construction to final two stages of bellcote; ashlar stone architrave to clockfaces having scrolled keystone detail; bellcote surmounted by round ashlar stone finial having shell motif and having moulded pinnacles/finials to corners. Ashlar stone entablature over entrance porch. Square-headed window openings (paired to the south elevation at first and third floor level) having flush chamfered ashlar surrounds/reveals and sills, flush relieving arches over, and having some remaining one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and mainly replacement window fittings. Modern quasi oriel window openings, c. 1970, to the south elevation and west elevation of block to south (serving retail outlet) having copper/bronze fittings. Square-headed door opening to entrance porch, serving retail outlet, having chamfered ashlar reveal and timber panelled double-doors. Square-headed door opening to the north end of west elevation (originally serving bank manager’s accommodation) having timber door and with overlight above, and having cut stone steps. Road-fronted, at corner site, to the south end of Castle Street/Main Street, and a short distance to the north of Ballyshannon Bridge (40852064). Gateway to the east elevation having a pair of wrought-iron gates with cast-iron finials, and a pair of decorative cast-iron gateposts.

• The Barracks, barracks, 1695–1705 · National interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey (formerly five-bay) over concealed basement former infantry barracks on T-shaped plan, dated 1700 and altered c. 1753-6 and c. 1765, having two adjoining four-bay two-storey over basement returns to the rear (west). Lantern rooflight on octagonal-plan having hipped roof over to the rear of main block; single-bay single-storey lean-to outbuilding to the rear (west) of rear return. Rear return derelict to the north elevation. Later in use as a shirt factory. Building now subdivided into various units (shops, offices, pub/restaurant and accommodation) with projecting single-storey flat-roofed retail outlet to the north end of the main elevation (east) and various extensions to the rear. Steeply pitched hipped natural slate roof to front block (east) having rendered chimneystack to the south of centre, rolled lead to ridge, cast-iron rainwater water goods and pronounced cyma recta ashlar eaves course (painted to front elevation); pitched artificial (fibre cement) roof to rear return having raised coping to the south end. Corrugated cement roof to the rear return, rear elevation. Roughcast rendered walls with battered roughcast rendered plinth, and having flush ashlar/torus course between ground and first floor levels and a pulvinated stringcourse/sill course at ground floor level to main (east) and south elevations; pulvinated stringcourse to north elevation at ground floor level below sill level. Cut stone block-and-start quoins to the corners of the front elevation. Square-headed window openings having cut stone two- or three stone sills and replacement nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash or modern window fittings at ground floor level (south elevation) and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash or modern window fittings at first floor level; plain raised render surrounds to first floor openings to front elevation (east); modern window and door openings at ground floor level to front elevation (east); modern window and door fittings to south elevation of rear return at basement level; openings to north elevation of rear return infilled with cavity block or having modern fittings, some retaining stone surrounds. Round-headed door opening to the centre of the main elevation (east), set in projecting channelled ashlar stone surround having projecting ashlar plinth, projecting ashlar stringcourse at arch springing point level, projecting keystone decorated with cannon, arms, shield and head motifs, and having date stone over incised ‘1700’. Modern glazed timber doors and overlight. Modern offices and pub/restaurant fronts to main elevation (east), c. 2000, with projecting flat-roof rendered shopfront to the north end, c. 1960; and having variety of replacement fittings to modern window and door openings, some enlarged. Groin vaulted spinal corridor runs length of building from main doorway to the east; a number of lugged timber architraved surrounds to interior doors and to windows apparently insitu; and some timber panelling survives to a number of the rooms (interior not viewed, information from 1997 survey). Set back slightly back from road adjacent to Ballyshannon Bridge (40852064) on the north bank of the River Erne, and to the south end of Main Street. Modern plinth wall and railings to basement level to the south elevation; modern boundary walls and railings to rear of site.

• Ballyshannon Union Burial Ground, graveyard/cemetery, 1830–1855
  Description

  Former union workhouse graveyard on irregular-plan, used between c. 1830 and c. 1855, containing unmarked graves of victims of the Great Famine. Now out of use. Plaque to site dated 1995. Located to the north of the former Ballyshannon Union Workhouse complex (40852075 and 40852076) and to the north-west of Ballyshannon town centre. Located adjacent to St. Anne's’ Church of Ireland church (40852016).

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Radon

At the centre of the townland of Townparks, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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 Townparks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Townparks

Area

1,169,626 m² (116.96 ha, 289.02 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbarron, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Ballyshannon Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,714 people lived in 786 households in the Ballyshannon Urban electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbey Island, Abbeylands, Ballyhanna, Camp, Carrickboy, Coolcholly, Knader

Placenames

Townparks 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.