Editing Letterkenny (section)

===Architecture===
{{main|Architecture of Letterkenny}}
{{see also|Public art in Letterkenny}}
[[File:St Eunans Cathedral Letterkenny.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba]], the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe]], dominates the Letterkenny skyline.]]
A number of Letterkenny's more notable buildings were built in the early 1850s—or earlier.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} These include educational and ecclesiastical buildings. The town's tallest building is the [[Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba]], which was completed in 1901. The cathedral was designed by William Hague from [[County Cavan]]. It is built in a light Victorian neo-Gothic version of the French 13th-century Gothic style. Located opposite the cathedral, at the junction of Church Street with Cathedral Square, is [[Conwal Parish Church (Church of Ireland)|Conwal Parish Church]], parts of which date from the 17th century.

Another dominant building in the town is [[St Eunan's College]]. It is a three-storey castellated structure, built in 1904 in the [[Edwardian]] variant of the neo-Hiberno-Romanesque style. It has four turreted [[Irish round tower|round tower]]s and [[flying buttress]]es which are modelled on the nearby cathedral.

Other architecturally notable buildings can be found at Mount Southwell Terrace, which is located at the top of Market Square, just off Castle Street. This [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]]-style terrace of red brick was built in 1837 by Lord Southwell. The terrace contains five Georgian houses and served as a holiday home for [[Maud Gonne]] when she stayed here while holidaying in Donegal.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/26318904@N05/2486239621/ Mount Southwell]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, on Flickr. com (accessed 29 May 2008){{better source needed|reason=Even if this Flickr page weren't dead, how reliable is or was it to use to support this text? Flickr submissions are [[WP:UGC]]... |date=May 2023}}</ref> [[St Conal's Hospital]] is a large Victorian neo-Georgian structure located on the [[Kilmacrennan]] Road in the town. While the oldest parts of the building date from the 1860s,<ref name=dd150>{{cite web|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2016/05/26/dd-history-150-years-of-st-conals-hospital/|title=150 years of St Conal's Hospital|date=26 May 2019|publisher=Donegal Daily|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825223150/https://www.donegaldaily.com/2016/05/26/dd-history-150-years-of-st-conals-hospital/|url-status=live}}</ref> the hospital's chapel was built in the neo-Norman style in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40905315/the-vestry-ballyboe-glencar-letterkenny-county-donegal|title=The Vestry, Ballyboe Glencar, Letterkenny, Donegal|publisher=[[National Inventory of Architectural Heritage]]|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825223152/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40905315/the-vestry-ballyboe-glencar-letterkenny-county-donegal|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Donegal County Museum]] is housed in the old workhouse on High Road which was completed in May 1843.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Donegal/|title=Donegal|publisher=Workhouses|access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>

In later years, Letterkenny has seen more modern architectural developments. The new [[Letterkenny Town Council]] offices, known locally as "The Grasshouse", were designed by Donegal-based [[MacGabhann Architects]]. It features a sloping grass roof situated above a broad band of aluka matt cladding and a runway-like ramp to the first-floor concourse. A 2002 article in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' reportedly described it as a "building of international interest".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://ireland.archiseek.com/news/2002/000204.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071222225242/http://ireland.archiseek.com/news/2002/000204.htm | archivedate = 22 December 2007 | title = In the ascendant | via = Archiseek.com | date = 4 August 2002 }}</ref> The town council had previously been based in a house known as "Murrac-a-Boo", off the Port Road, which was badly damaged in a fire in 2004 and subsequently demolished.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/suspicion-of-arson-as-offices-destroyed/25901655.html|title=Suspicion of arson as offices destroyed|date=11 August 2004|newspaper=The Irish Independent|access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.letterkennyhistory.com/a-history-of-local-government-in-letterkenny/|title=A history of local government in Letterkenny|date=17 May 2019|publisher=Letterkenny Historical Society|access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>