Bishops’ Palace, Raphoe, Co Donegal  – a ruin  

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Bishops’ Palace, Raphoe, Co Donegal  – a ruin  

Bishop’s Palace Raphoe County Donegal entrance front photograph: William Garner, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.

p. 238. “The Palace of the (C of I) Bishops of Raphoe. An unusually late example of C17 semi-fortified house with square corner towers; built ca 1661 by Bishop Robert Leslie. Originally of two storeys over a basement; three bay front, with an additional bay in each of the towers. Early C18 pedimented and rusticated doorcase. Third storey, with battlements and bartizans, probably added in late C18. The Palace was still occupied by the Bishops 1830s; it is now a ruin.”  

Bishop’s Palace Raphoe, County Donegal.
Bishop’s Palace Raphoe, County Donegal, front doorcase 1971. Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

Raphoe Bishop’s Palace, County Donegal, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

p. 55. “Built in 1661 by Bishop Robert Leslie and restored in mid 18C. Destroyed by fire in late 1830s. Now a ruin.”

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