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Freestanding memorial monument, erected c. 1958, comprising ashlar limestone Celtic high cross-style monument with Celtic interlacing motifs to front face (south) set on two-stage ashlar limestone plinth (on square-plan). Incised lettering to front face (south) of plinth reading ‘IN PROUD AND GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE DRUMBOE MARTYRS, COMDT GEN CHARLES DALY, BRIGD COMDT SEAN LARKIN, LIEUT DANIEL ENRIGHT AND LIEUT TIMOTHY O SULLIVAN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE DEFENCE OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC AT THIS SPOT ON THE 14TH MARCH 1923’. Incised lettering to base\lower plinth inscribed ‘ERECTED BY THE CO.DONEGAL MARTYRS COMMITTEE’. Site enclosed by rendered boundary wall (on sub rectangular-plan); modern mild steel\iron gate to the south-west corner of site. Flight of concrete steps from gateway to monument, series of three metal flagpoles to the rear (north) of site. Located in the rural countryside on a sloping site in pasture land to the north-west of the centre of Ballybofey; set within the former demesne of Drumboe Castle (demolished c. 1945), to the north of the site of the house. Site overlooks the River Finn to the south.
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