County House, Lifford

The building was originally constructed as a reformatory school for young offenders in around 1820.^[1] It was substantially rebuilt to the designs of William Harte, the county surveyor, in 1868^[1] before being converted into a barracks for the British Army in around 1900 and then was taken over by the Free State Army on formation of the Irish Free State in 1922.^[2] In 1930, Donegal County Council, which had previously held its meetings in Lifford Courthouse,^[3] acquired the property for use as its meeting place and administrative headquarters.^[2][4]