1907 – Semi-detached Houses, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Architect: Francis G. Townsend

Design for a pair of semi-detached houses, obviously intended for affluent owners with a servant. F.G. Townsend was a local engineer, who was born in Abersychan, Wales, in 1875 or 1876. He came to Ireland in the later 1890s, to
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1896 – Northern Bank, Dungloe, Co. Donegal
Architect: Godfrey W. Ferguson

Wonderfully eccentric bank branch from a time when so many branches were in fairly standard neo-classical, 5-bay or 3-bay design. Sadly demolished. Described by Alistair Rowan in 1979 as "The only build
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1964 – St. Patrick’s Church, Murlog, Lifford, Co. Donegal
Architect: Liam McCormick, Corr & McCormick

Liam McCormick designed a total of seven churches in Donegal between 1961 and 1977, of which this is the second and largest.
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1877 – Former School, Falcarragh, Co. Donegal
Architect: O'Neill & Byrne

Originally part of a cluster of buildings by O'Neill & Byrne to include a church and a presbytery, only the former school remains today, and now in use as a local hall. Originally there was a central entrance porch on the eastern side, which would suggest that the
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1971 – St Michael’s Church, Creeslough, Co. Donegal
Architect: Liam McCormick, Liam McCormick & Partners

The fifth in a series of seven churches McCormick designed in Donegal and was built between 1967 and 1971. It was the first built following his Church of St. Aengus at Burt and is considered on
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1954 – Stella Maris Church, Rosguill, Co. Donegal
Architect: Brendan O’Connor

Designed to seat 300, this small modern church, on a remote site, was built in the Marian year of 1954. Designed on a tight budget of just 3,600, the exterior is finished with painted roughcast rendered walls and a projecting rubble sandstone pane
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1950s – Meenaclady School, Co. Donegal
Architect: Basil Boyd Barrett, Office of Public Works

Fairly standard design from the Office of Public Works – a design in use from the 1930 through to the late 1950s - in this case a three classroom school. Usually overseen by Basil
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1961 – St. Peter’s Church, Milford. Co. Donegal
Architect: Liam McCormick, Corr & McCormick

Construction began in July 1959 and was built and furnished at a cost of £28,000 to designs by the eminent architect Liam McCormick (1916-96), of the practice Corr & McCormick. Designed in a combination of traditional c
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