{"id":129078,"date":"2025-11-08T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/129078\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T17:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:17:07","slug":"former-church-of-ireland-rectory-in-killybegs-hits-property-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/129078\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Church of Ireland Rectory in Killybegs hits property market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Church of Ireland rectory in Killybegs has been placed on sale for a price just under \u20ac700,000.<\/p>\n<p>The six-bedroom and three-bathroom refurbished property sits in a 7.6-acre site just south of Killybegs.<\/p>\n<p>Presented to the market by Henry Kee &amp; Son for \u20ac695,000, the company said the \u201cexceptional property forms an integral part of the built heritage of the area, offering a rare opportunity to acquire a home of both historic significance and enduring charm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegallive.ie\/news\/home\/1937178\/planning-applicant-describes-proposed-bundoran-caravan-park-as-an-urgent-need.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Planning applicant describes proposed Bundoran Caravan Park as an &#8216;urgent need&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dating back to around 1830, the Georgian-style residence is \u201ca classic period feature that underscores the home\u2019s original craftsmanship, including original shutters, enhancing the period character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The old rectory is associated with St John\u2019s Church of Ireland Church in Killybegs, but there is a former Church of Ireland church located a short distance to the north-east of the building, which is now ruinous. This former church was in existence in 1622.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This former rectory was the home of a Reverend William Lodge, who was the rector of Killybegs for 23 years, and a  Reverend John Gage Ball.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Church of Ireland rectory in Killybegs has been placed on sale for a price just under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1485,61,60,37897,43,10724],"class_list":{"0":"post-129078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-donegal","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-killybegs","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-property-watch"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}