Ballybofey

Ballybofey is a metropolis positioned on the south bank of the River Finn, County Donegal, Ireland. Together with the smaller city of Stranorlar on the north facet of the River Finn, the towns form the Twin Towns of Ballybofey-Stranorlar. Ballybofey Stranorlar, a census metropolis, had a populace of 4,852 in the 2016. The metropolis grew hastily inside the 19th and 20th centuries. Ballybofey additionally plays host to the Twin Towns Festival which takes vicinity yearly.

The centerpiece of the pageant is a parade on the Sunday. The last of these happened on 19 August 2007. A few miles west of Ballybofey, on the main avenue to Fin town the R252 is the Glenmore Estate, positioned at Welch metropolis. The estate formerly blanketed Glenmore Lodge, a country residence that stood on the opposite, southern financial institution of the River Finn, close to Glenmore Bridge. The residence became in the beginning built inside the Georgian-fashion inside the mid to past due 18th century. It becomes re-labored for Sir William Styles in the neo Tudor fashion in the early 20th century. The house was demolished within the 1990s. The personal estate is referred to now for its fishing and looking.