Stranorlar and Ballybofey
Pre-1770 Hand-Drawn Map of Ballybofey and Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
Black-and-white, hand-drawn map of the adjacent towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar, Co. Donegal. The river Finn ('Finn Water') divides both towns. The plots of land let to tenants are numbered, as are their rows of houses. The 'big houses' of the landed gentry, prominent with their double storeys and many chimneys, are drawn, as are the surrounding trees. The main roads in and out of the area are marked. The bridge over the Finn is outlined, as is the bridge connecting Lifford, Co. Donegal, to Strabane in Co. Tyrone.
Courtesy Kee Family, Kee’s Hotel Stranorlar, Co. DonegalPre-1770 Hand-Drawn Map of Ballybofey and Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
Courtesy Kee Family, Kee’s Hotel Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
Courtesy Kee Family, Kee’s Hotel Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
Pre-1770 Hand-Drawn Map of Ballybofey and Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
Black-and-white, hand-drawn map of the adjacent towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar, Co. Donegal. The river Finn ('Finn Water') divides both towns. The plots of land let to tenants are numbered, as are their rows of houses. The 'big houses' of the landed gentry, prominent with their double storeys and many chimneys, are drawn, as are the surrounding trees. The main roads in and out of the area are marked. The bridge over the Finn is outlined, as is the bridge connecting Lifford, Co. Donegal, to Strabane in Co. Tyrone.
Courtesy Kee Family, Kee’s Hotel Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
The Old Market House, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
Colour photograph of the old Market House, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal. This building dates back to 1820 and is in a good state of repair. Transactions for the sale of flax and butter took place here.
www.finnvalley.ieThe Old Market House, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
www.finnvalley.ie
www.finnvalley.ie
The Old Market House, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
Colour photograph of the old Market House, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal. This building dates back to 1820 and is in a good state of repair. Transactions for the sale of flax and butter took place here.
www.finnvalley.ieStranorlar was among the first plantation towns in the county.
The Plantation of Ulster took place in the seventeenth century to try to prevent the native Irish from rebelling against the English crown.
Stranorlar began as a garrison town, with just ten plantation families resident.
Ballybofey developed later, mainly in the early nineteenth century, with the growth of the flax industry. Previously, it had long been a market town.
The old Market House (right), where transactions for the sale of flax, butter and grain were carried out, dates back to 1820.