placenamesMallaranny
An Mhala Raithní
The restored hillside hotel recalls the village’s development as a seaside destination.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Mhala Raithní · Irish · main form · validated name
- Mallaranny · English · main form
- Mulrany · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A hotel above Clew Bay
The railway hotel was designed in 1895 and opened in 1897. Its elevated position looks across Trawoughter Strand and Clew Bay. The architectural survey highlights the symmetrical frontage, central open porch and curving Dutch gables. It attributes the original design to Thomas Newenham Deane and Son. [2]
Restoration
The hotel was damaged in 1922–23 and repaired in 1924. After a prolonged period of neglect, restoration in 2004–05 retained its overall form and much original or replicated fabric. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Civil parish
- Burrishoole
- Coordinates
- 53.90654, -9.77182
- Logainm ID
- 1417305 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mallaranny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mallaranny Railway Hotel: NIAH 31306609 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mulranny Causeway below the railway hotel at Mallaranny, as photographed in October 2021 illustration: based on a Mulranny Causeway by Matthew Chadwick. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.