Lifford Courthouse
A great rainy-day museum in Lifford
Lifford Old Courthouse is home to a popular visitor centre in the town of Lifford, the historic capital of County Donegal. The Old Courthouse was built in 1746 and offers live tours which transport you back in time to where you can see and hear what it was like in Donegal’s original county jail.
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Lifford Old Courthouse is home to a popular visitor centre in the town of Lifford, the historic capital of County Donegal.
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Summary and location information adapted from Fáilte Ireland’s Tourism Activities and Attractions dataset, accessed 7 September 2026. Source: https://data.gov.ie/dataset/tourism-activities-and-attractions. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Check the venue’s own website for current visitor arrangements.
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