Landed Estates
University of Galway

Birdstown House

Estate(s)
Townland Birdstown Demesne
Civil Parish Fahan Upper
PLU Londonderry
DED Birdstown
County Donegal
Barony Inishowen West
Description At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s Peter Maxwell was occupying Birdstown, when it was valued at £50, and leased from the Marquis of Donegall's estate. In 1837 Lewis referred to it as the seat of Reverend P.B. Maxwell. His son, Reverend Robert W. Maxwell, was the occupier in the 1870s. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that the house burnt down in 1984 but stables and other estate buildings are extant.