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Mullaghbane

An Mullach Bán

A flax-store building and international school partnerships reveal different sides of the village’s history.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Saint Mary’s Primary School, Mullaghbawn, as photographed in September 2014.
Illustration, Saint Mary’s Primary School, Mullaghbawn, as photographed in September 2014
Recorded locationMullaghbane54.10149° N · 6.48641° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

bánwhite; lea-ground, grassymullachhilltop

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Mullach Bán · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Mullaghbane · English · main form · local name
  • Mullaghbawn · English · main form

Place & story

The flax store

A former flax store on Tullymacreeve Road belongs to a mill complex developed between the 1870s and 1940s. The historic-building survey associates it with improvements in the 1920s. Its stone walls have brick dressings, a curved metal roof and an outside staircase to the upper floor. [2]

International school links

In 2015, Saint Mary’s Primary School received €79,725 through Erasmus+. The British Council’s account describes partnerships with schools in Finland, Greece, Spain, Ireland and Italy, including digital storytelling, environmental projects and teacher exchanges. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Population centre
County
Armagh
Civil parish
Forkill
Coordinates
54.10149, -6.48641 (approximate)
Logainm ID
56851 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Mullaghbane. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Former flax store, Tullymacreeve Road: HB16/16/020 · Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities
  3. The primary school that’s going global (30 April 2015) · British Council Northern Ireland
  4. Saint Mary’s Primary School, Mullaghbawn, as photographed in September 2014 illustration: based on a St Mary's Primary School, Mullaghbawn by Eric Jones. 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 2025-01-06. How this page was prepared.