John Hamilton, (1800-1884), a wealthy and philanthropic landlord, owned large estates at Brownhall in south Donegal. In 1824, Hamilton d...

The Volt House in the Diamond in Raphoe was built in 1738 by Bishop Nicholas Forster as a home for clergy widows. It was administered by...

Rossnowlagh, "the apple wood" , is a parish and village on the south coast of Donegal, to the west of the Donegal to Ballyshan...

Kilmacrennan, "the church of the son of Nennain"  is a village some eleven kilometers north-west of Letterkenny. Columba spen...

The Parish of All Saints, Newtowncunningham, Co. Donegal, lies along the east shore of Lough Swilly, south of Inch Island. Newtownc...

Burt, "Druim Bearta" - the height of Bearta , is between Derry and Newtowncunningham. The ancient church belonged to the Abbe...

Clonmany, "the meadow of Maine", is in the north of the Inishowen peninsula . St. Columba founded a church there in the sixth c...

The Parish of Desertegney, "the desert of hermitage of Eagneach" , is just north of Buncrana on the eash shore of Lough Swilly...

The Parish of Leck, the name of which means, " a great stone"  is four kilometers east of Letterkenny. In the eighteenth centu...

Kilcar, "The Church of Carthagh" is a small parish in the south-west of Donegal, between Killybegs and Glencolumbkille. St. Car...

Gleneely Village is in the north of the Inishowen peninsula. The church nearby, which is by Joseph Welland, is supposed to have been bu...

Dunlewey means, "Lewe's Fort". Dunlewey Church was Consecrated as a Chapel of Ease in Tullaghobegley Parish, Gortahork...