Just received the following Google Map displaying all the field names & placenames collected so far. As more are added the map will be updated Many thanks to all who have contributed to this project so far and hopefully more will do so as time goes by. Thank you
Category: Shrule
Video of Shrule Community Centre opening
January 20th , 1984 Thanks to John at Avalon Video for making this available to the page.
Parish Churchs
Shrule St.Joseph’s Church , Shrule Originally a protestant church , this church was transferred to the Catholic faith by Mrs Mary Kirwan of Dalgan Park , in 1829 . At her request on coming of age and converting to the Catholic religion . The church underwent major renovations by Fr. Henry Feeney in 1938-9 ….
St.Patrick’s Day
Published in 2016 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first St.Patrick’s Day parade in Shrule . Rural Ireland had little time for parades back in 1976 when Jack Reynolds came up with the idea of a Parade in Shrule . “If New York can have a St.Patricks Day parade then why not Shrule ”…
Parish Newsletter
View or download the latest Parish Newsletter here
THE BURNING OF THE RIC BARRACKS IN SHRULE
16TH JULY 1920 Many Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks around Ireland were burned by the IRA in 1920 to get the police out. It is not certain that the burning of Shrule barracks was officially authorised by the IRA. Some of the quieter RIC barracks, including the one in Shrule, had been closed and were…