placenamesShrule
Sruthair
Two structures beside Lough Corrib record the Lynch estate’s nineteenth-century development and a much later restoration.
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
- Sruthair · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Shrule · English · main form
Place & story
Dating the lighthouse
Ballycurrin’s circular, two-stage lighthouse stands on a pier extending into Lough Corrib. The architectural inventory dates it to 1847 and associates its erection with Charles Lynch. It explicitly distinguishes this date from the 1772 stone on the neighbouring boathouse. The lighthouse is absent from the first Ordnance Survey, surveyed in 1838, and its own date stone supports the later construction date. [2]
A house rebuilt after destruction
The nearby Ballycurrin House was built in 1828 for Captain Peter Lynch. Its three-bay front and rear return form a T-shaped plan overlooking the lake. Fire destroyed the house in 1921, and it remained a ruin before restoration in 2007–10. The inventory records extensive replacement work, including the roof, windows and reconstructed interiors. Its present appearance therefore incorporates modern rebuilding alongside surviving older fabric. A walled garden already existed by 1838. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Shrule. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballycurrin lighthouse, NIAH31312317 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ballycurrin House, NIAH31312316 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ballycurrin lighthouse on Lough Corrib, County Mayo, as photographed in April 2011 illustration: based on a Ballycurrin Lighthouse - a lake lighthouse by DeeEmm. 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.