Ballybay Co. Monaghan

The “Mouth of the Ford of the Birches”, Ballybay is a small town set among low-lying hills on the shores of Lough Major, head-water of the Dromore River, a tributary of the River Erne. The town grew as a linen town in the mid 18th century due to the local Jackson family’s involvement in the linen industry. The site off the original settliment is to be found in the lower Main Street area.

1786 – First Presbyterian Church, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan

Simple barn style church with no pretensions with its plain unadorned elevations.

1830 – Ballybay House, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan

Architect: John B. Keane

Ballybay House, residence of Henry Edward John Leslie C.M.G.,

1834 – Second Presbyterian Church, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan

One of the largest Presbyterian churches in Co. Monaghan,

1848 – Market House, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan

Architect: William Walker

The development of Ballybay town during the 18th century coincided with the purchase of the Ballybay Estate by Henry Leslie in 1712.

1881 – Christ Church of Ireland, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan

Architect: J.H. Fullerton

A simple Church of Ireland sited on one of the two highest points in Ballybay,

1925 – Former Northern Bank, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Godfrey W. Ferguson

Curiously over-conservative design (even for a bank) in a vague Neo-Georgian style that was slowly gaining in popularity for smaller municipal buildings after the trauma of the First World War.

1966 – Community College, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan

Architect: S & G McCann Architects

A vocational School built into a sloping site;