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Quick facts

Address / Eircode Cloonabinnia, Moycullen, Co. Galway — H91 RD98
Building type Former hotel / former nursing home complex (1970s building) on a c. 1.31 ha (3.24 ac) development site
Period / date Main building erected in the 1970s
Heritage refs (RPS / NIAH) None identified — does not appear to be a protected structure or NIAH-recorded building (Unverified)
Apparent status Derelict / vacant
On Derelict Sites Register? Yes — Galway County Council; date of entry 30 June 2022
Market valuation (GCC) €300,000
Owner Associated with Peter & Bernadette Moran in the 2018 application; site since marketed and partly sold — current registered owner (Unverified)
Coordinates 53.37444, −9.19539 (Folio GY2712F)

Summary

The site comprises the former Cloonabinnia House Hotel, a 1970s building on a c. 3.24-acre holding with around 200 m of frontage onto Ross Lake, off the N59 some 5 km from Moycullen village.[4] It last traded as a hotel until 2005 and as a direct-provision hostel until 2008, and has stood vacant and derelict since.[1] It is now listed on the Galway County Council Derelict Sites Register and has been marketed as a development site, with part of the lands subsequently broken up and sold.[9]

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History & Significance