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cavanacor historic house and craft centre
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Cavanacor Historic House And Craft Centre
Ballindrait
Lifford
Donegal
Phone: 74 9141143
Fax: 74 9141143
Cavanacor House was built in the early 1600s and is the ancestral home of James Knox Polk, eleventh President of the United States of America.
King James II dined here on the 20th April, 1689 and granted a protection to the house. The tree he dined under still stands in the grounds.
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The House is furnished in Jacobean and Georgian style. There is a museum, art gallery, craft shop, tea room, walled garden and working pottery in the fortified yard.
There are painting and pottery workshops with qualified tutors all year.
The tea room serves home baking, also there is a children's play area, guided tours, toilets and coach parking.
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Take the N14 at the Lifford Round-a-bout for 3km to Rossgier. The house is signposted on the left for 200m.
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