Buncrana Castle, Buncrana, Co Donegal  

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. 49. “(Richardson/LGI1912) A very distinguished early C18 house, built 1716 by George Vaughan, close to the shore of Lough Swilly. Two storeys over basement; seven bay centre block with two storey one bay overlapping wings. Doorway with scroll pediment. Panelled interior. Axial approach by a six-arched bridge over the river, near which stands an old tower-house of the O’Dohertys, Lords of Inishowen; and through a curving forecourt. Originally, the house was surrounded by elaborate gardens and terraces. By ca 1840, Buncrana belonged to a Mrs Todd; it later became a seat of Alexander Airth Richardson, son of Jonathan Richardson, MP, of Lambeg, and his wife, Margaret Airth. It is now falling into decay.”