THE PLANTATION OF .DONEGAL - A SURVEY ~eas:hoid belonging to the said town. standing upon the sea coast, hath a Of which town, a.nd of B.elleck, and of Port Reeve and 12 Burgesses; there the AJbbey of Ashroe, and of some are about 30 houses, being for the most lands betwe-en Ballyshannon and Bun- part built with stone walls and coverdroy (being 4 miles ;apart), and of the ed with thatch, inhabited with English, sa~m.o.n and. eel fishing of the ri·ver of who have no land in freehold ·or leaseBallyshannon, the Lord Folliott hath hold. There is also a li'ree ;:,cnool, the farm, by lette:i:s patent from the whereunto there are 200 acres of land King, not subject to ~he conditions of I belonging, part whereof doth lie beplantation. In the same town, the tween Ballyshannon and Don.egal and ruinous castle is pow demolished by the rest into Barns Mour in TJrehue. the Lord Folliott, who is building of a Sir Basil Brook, Kt., hath voluniair and strong castle there of lime and I tarily built a bawn of lime and stone stone, alre.ady raised to the. first storey, ooclOS'in1g the raynie1,sof the old castle ~.ear u.~to the river. Adjoining the·re-1 there, and within the bawn, he hath unto, the Lord Folliott li ad formerly bluilt a house of lime and stone, 2 built a good strong house 3 stories I stories high and slated, where he and high and slated, wherein he, hts wife\ his wife inhabit, having no estate and dwelleth. therein. If he had the inheritance There is a ford on the river, near tnereof, he would make it a strong and . to the castle, where it is very fit a defensi1ble place for His Majesty's serbridge should be erected, being the vice, as he affirmeth. British men passage between the Provinces of present in this town-35. • Ul'Ster and Connaught. . ..... The Precinct of Boylagb and There is a chapel of· ·ease near Banagh, allott.~d to Scottish Underthereunto. built by Lord FolJi.ott-thc takers. John Murray, now Lord Vis-. parish church being remot€ from count of Annan, ho1deth as an underthence and ruinous. taker all the precinct, being 8 propor4 Between the town of Ballyshan- tions of land containing 10,000 acres non and the town of Donegal, (being I viz. · 10 miles distant), Lord Folliott hath a .6oylagh Outragh, first granted to good quantity of land; rthe College of' P.a1tric•k Van~l,000 acres. Upon this Dublin hath 4,000 acres; and the Bis- staDds the ruinous •castle of Ballyhop of Raphoe hath 6 quarters of land bo;yle. to which is adjoined the walls there. In all of this, there is not any o.t a house, built at.out 7 ft. high by Sir castle, bawn or stone house but a small Paul Gore, all being leased. stone house near unto the river of William Hamilton, gent1 hath built Ballymagroiety, wherein Francis Ed- a hQ:U&e of lime and stone and bi·rch mu.nds, an English gent, dwelleth; the timber, tha·khed. (length, 40 feet, rest be Irish cottages· dispersed. It nreadth ,26 ft., and height, 20 ft.). would be a good strength to the towns Freeholders, n.:l; leaseholders for 21 of Ballyshannon and Donegal and ycars-3. those parts lying on the sea coast to H~rber~ Maxwell•. . gent, agent for have some Britons planted there. the said Viscount, aff1rmet.h that he Sir Paul Gore, kt, hath voluntarily hath made 8 minutes, purporting leases built a strong house of lime., stone and o.f divers pa:cels for 21 years, but by brick, 2 stories high, upon the site of w~a.t authority, appeareth not to :us. the Abbey .of Maghrebeg (Maghera- Bnhsh men present -. 27, whereof beg), adjoini.ng to the sea and about :rr.~anly ~rme~-17. half a mile from the town of Donegal. Cargie, first granted to William. The borough town of Don.egal St·1art-l,OOO acres. There is not any fJ I a.
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