garda station/constabulary barracks

Detached three-bay two-storey former RIC barracks, built c.1860. Now in use as house. Attached outbuilding to rear (west). Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, dressed limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Wrought-iron guard bars to ground floor windows. Timber-framed casement window to central bay of first floor. Recessed square-headed door opening with glazed timber door and overlight. Outbuildings to rear of site having pitched slate roofs and rubble stone walls.

Occupying a prominent position at a crossroads this former RIC barracks is an important part of the historical fabric of the area. The building retains many notable features such as timber sash windows. The barred windows remain, reflecting its past use as an RIC barracks. Established following the Peace Preservation Act of 1814, and the Irish Constabulary Act of 1822, Ireland's first organised police force, the Irish Constabulary was formed. The organisation was later granted the prefix 'Royal' by Queen Victoria following the forces actions during the Fenian Rising of 1867. The force eventually disbanded in 1922 following the civil war and was replaced by the Garda Siochana.