Cairnryan House was built in 1894, originally a Manse it is a traditional property of stone built construction. It was the home of the local church Minister until 1986.

On being sold by the church it was turned into a licensed hotel with bar and an extension added to the dining room to provide a wine/beer store and customer toilets. This ran successfully until 1999 before being passed to the owners’ daughter who removed the bar to run the business solely as a bed & breakfast before selling it on in 2003.

Cairnryan House or Albannach as it was then called was then run as Tearoom with a small amount of B&B until purchased by the current owners in May 2006. Considerable refurbishment to the guest rooms was required to bring the then ungraded property up to an acceptable standard. Awarded a Visit Scotland 3 star grading in late 2006, this was upgraded to a 4 star Guest House grading in early 2009.

The Tea room was closed in early 2007 as the bed &breakfast side of the business grew rapidly and this was further increased by turning the former Tearoom cloakrooms and store area into a ground floor bedroom that is ideal for guests who do not want to use stairs. The property nevertheless still maintains many of its original features including both front doors and staircase.

Cairnryan became a passenger ferry port in 1973, its location offers the shortest crossing to Northern Ireland. P&O operate a successful route between Cairnryan and Larne with up to 8 summer sailing’s and 7 winter sailing’s every day except Christmas Day.

The construction of the new Stena Line terminal, 1 ½ miles north of Cairnryan will bring another ferry operator to the port and reduce the crossing time to Belfast. This will allow the separate project to regenerate the Stranraer Waterfront with new shops and other development to move forward.
The 28 acres site due for completion in August 2011 includes the addition of two large modern ferries and the reduction in time will allow an extra sailing to the 7 daily sailing’s running from Stranraer.

Golf also draws tourists to the area

with cheap Green fees around £300 per year and no joining fee. There are courses at Stranraer, Portpatrick and others nearby.

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