Cliff, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal – demolished in late 1940s
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. 85. “(Conolly/LGI1912) A rather austere late-Georgian house of two storeys over basement, in a fine position over the river Erne; built of random ashlar. Curved central bow with two bays on either side of it; Wyatt windows in lower storey on either side of bow; eaved roof on bracket cornice.”
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. 81. “(Wray/LG1863; Mansfield/LGI1912) Now demolished…
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.
Castle Forward, Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal – ruin
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. 68. “(Forward-Howard, Wicklow, E/PB) A long low two storey Georgian house of nine bays; the windows of four outer bays on either side being grouped in pairs. Shallow pilastered porch… Originally the seat of the Forward family, whose heiress was the wife of the 1st Viscount Wicklow and was herself created Countess of Wicklow in 1793.”
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. 55. “(Tredennick/LGI1912) A Tudor-Gothic house of ca 1840, by John B. Keane, rather similar to Keane’s building at Castle Irvine, Co Fermanagh….Now demolished.
Camlin Castle, County Donegal, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
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.
p. 55. “Tudor revival castle designed by John B. Keane in 1838 for John Tredenick incorporating an earlier house. The Gothic arched entrance gate remains. Demolished.”
David Hicks, Irish County Houses: Chronicle of Change. Collins Press, Cork, 2012. p. 224. “Another of J.B. Keane’s commissions… built for John Tredennick and was an extension to an earlier building… The Tredennick famly were of Cornish origin and established themselves in Donegal in the seventeenth century. …In 1928 the entire contents of the castle were offered for auction in a two day sale…A caretaker lived in the castle until it was sold in 1942 when a lot of the estate land was purchased by the Land Commission. In the 1940s when hydroelectric power stations were being constructed on the River Earne, the engineers calculated that Camlin would be flooded by the scheme and so it was demolished. When the water levels rose, it was found that the demolition of the castle had been totally unnecessary. Only the impressive castellated entrance gates with their large tower now remain. …
Buncrana Castle, County Donegal, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland
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.”
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. “(Hamilton/LG1937 supp) A three storey late-Georgian block by Robert Woodgate. Four bay front with later single-storey portico; three bay side; two storey wing set back. Quoins. Hall with triglyph frieze. Heavy mid-C19 cornice in drawing room; late cornice in dining room.”
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. 45. “A square two storey house of the 1730s, with a dormered attic in its slightly sprocketed roof. Five bay front, pedimented surround to central window in lower storey; tall stacks at sides. In 1814 the residence of Rev. Thomas Pemberton.”
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.”
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.
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p. 292. “A three storey 7 bay C18 house with a pedimented breakfront, enlarged and altered C19 when it was given a new roof on a bracket cornice, a porch, fancy bargeboards on the pediment and a gabled projecting wing, also with fancy bargeboards. The seat of a branch of the Maxwell family.”
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. 28. “A three storey castellated house with narrow turrets.”
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