Lot 5710888, (d2) Cottage, Glenties, Co. Donegal

Sale Type: For Sale by Private Treaty
Overall Floor Area: 17 m² Quaint country stone-built cottage on approx. 0.8 acres near Glenties in Co. Donegal.
The cottage was used as a National School in the 1800's and was later used as a residence.
Situated in a tranquil location with beautiful views of the Bluestack mountains.

Property Features:

Built with local stone.

Located approximately 2.4kms from the town of Glenties and 10km from the heritage town of Ardara.

Short distance to blue flag beach at Narin/ Portnoo.

Close all the amenities of Glenties Town eg shops, hotel, schools etc.

Located on the Bluestack Way marked walkway.

Close to the salmon fishing Owenea River.

Brief History of the property:

This house belongs to a group of buildings used as local schools in the 19th century.
The school began in April 1840, known then as a hedge school. It later became a National School.
The 1841 census reported 100 people living in 16 houses in the school's townland.
By 1851, at the end of the great famine the population had fallen to 68 people living in 11 houses.
The attendance at the school fell from 59 on 31st March 1846 to 32 a year later.
1847 is widely regarded as the worst year of the famine. By March 1848, the attendance numbers had
recovered to 72.

History tells that it had a thatched roof in the 1800's.