Murroe

Murroe ( ), officially spelt Moroe, is a village in County Limerick, Ireland.

Murroe ( ), officially spelt Moroe, is a village in County Limerick, Ireland. ==Environs== Murroe is in the north-eastern part of County Limerick, surrounded by the Slieve Felim Mountains. It is around 15 km east of Limerick city and close to the County Tipperary border. Nearby towns include Cappamore and Newport. The village is on the R506 road. ==History== The first Roman Catholic church was erected in Murroe village around 1731. This was replaced by a second church on the main street in 1807. The parish priest in 1808 was Daniel O'Brien. This second church was described as by Samuel Lewis in 1837 “a large and handsome building”. The third and final church was erected in 1905. There were two fairs held in the village (in April and October) from at least 1825. The village expanded in the late 1820s with the arrival of the Anglican Rev. Thomas P. Le Fanu (father of Sheridan Le Fanu) to the neighbouring parish of Abington and Sir Matthew Barrington (1788–1861), 2nd Barrington baronets of Limerick to Glenstal Castle. In 1828, Le Fanu and Matthew Barrington established a dispensary on the main street. In 1926, Glenstal Castle became Glenstal Abbey monastery and boarding school. Murroe once had eight primary schools in the area. Each of the schools, called Murroe, Clonkeen, Eyon, and Kiskiquirk, were split into a boys' and girls' school. John Canon Hayes, founder of Muintir na Tíre, was born in Murroe in 1882¹. He was a priest of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, ordained at the Irish College, Paris in 1913 and died at Bansha, County Tipperary, where he was the parish priest, in 1957¹. ==Amenities== The Slieve Felim Way, a long-distance trail through the Slieve Felim and Silvermine Mountains, has a trail-head in the village. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by Shannon Development and Coillte. The gardens and lands of Glenstal monastery are accessible to the public. The Clare Glens wooded area along the banks of the Clare River is located on the edge of the townland towards Newport. Sporting and cultural organisations in Murroe include Murroe Boher Amateur Dramatic Society, the Marion Active Retirement Club, Mulcair Men's Shed, Glenstal walkers, Murroe AFC (situated in Tubber), Murroe/Boher GAA, and Murroe-Boher Scouts. ==Gallery== File:Church of the Holy Rosary, Murroe.jpg|Church of the Holy Rosary File:Muintir na Tire Murroe.JPG|Muintir na Tíre File:Ryan coat of arms at Valley Inn pub, Murroe, Co. Limerick 2009.jpg|Ryan coat of arms at Valley Inn pub ==See also== List of towns and villages in Ireland ==References==

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