Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DONEGAL, LIFFORD, GAOL

Name: MILLER, EDWARD
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LIFFORD, GAOL
Date: 1793
Nature: New gaol. Castellated.
Refs: Description of gaols at Lifford, Derry and Omagh, 1799, in J H of C 18, ccxxxiii (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 348-9

Name: HARGRAVE, JOHN
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LIFFORD, GAOL
Date: 1821-1825
Nature: Improvements (or new gaol?). Semi-circular, castellated.
Refs: Letter from Francis Johnston to Robert Robinson re proposed plans, 30 Nov 1821, in NA CSO/RP/1822/573;  catalogue of auction of architectural drawings of John Hargrave, 1 Dec 1836, Lot 17; 4th Report of the Association for the Improvement of Prisons in Ireland (1823); Pigot & Co.'s City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory (1824), 393.

Name: MCCURDY, JOHN
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LIFFORD, GAOL
Date: 1866
Nature: Alts. to convert it to separate system. Estimated cost: £6,000.
Refs: DB 8, 15 Mar 1866, 78

Name: HARTE, WILLIAM
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LIFFORD, GAOL
Date: 1868
Nature: Alts. & adds. effected. Debtors' cell turned into board room, old board room becomes part of governor's residence. Contractor: Hutchison & Colhoun (Derry)..
Refs: IB 10, 15 Feb 1868, 40