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Detached two-bay two storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built c.1828, with projecting two-storey single-bay towers on square plan to southeast and northwest corners. Later is use as a post office, now in use as a private dwelling. Hipped natural slate roofs (graded) with cast-iron rainwater goods and a cut stone chimneystack to centre. Constructed of coursed rubble limestone with chamfered cut stone plinth to base and flush cut stone quoins to corners. Cut stone plaque to south-facing elevation at first floor level no longer legible. Square-headed window openings with flush cut stone surrounds, horizontal sliding cast-iron diamond pane windows with central mullion and cut stone sills. Cast-iron bars to ground floor window openings. Square-headed doorcase to west face of southeast tower with flush cut stone surround and timber door. Set back from road in own grounds adjacent to main Dublin-Sligo road.
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