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 ”…
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Killeenbrenan :: Moorgagagh Abbey
Location :: GPS: 53.53966, -9.11238 Murgagagh Abbey is only a short distance from the village Shrule in Co. Mayo. This ruinous abbey and graveyard is also known as ‘Killeenbrenan of the Virgin’ and ‘Kille Abbey’. Many aspects of the history of Murgagagh have been forgotten but we do know that it was founded around…
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…
Books by HT Knox
HT Knox: The History of the County of Mayo When Knox wrote his book in 1908, Ireland was on the cusp of revolutionary changes that brought about transformation of the democratic drive for Home Rule into a violent uprising against British rule between 1916 and 1922. A Civil War followed from 1922 to 1923 between…
The Blacksmith of Shrule
LOCAL CULTURE :: Saturday April 5th 2014 :: Shrule Newsletter A chance encounter leads to a WHBA member’s friendship with a legendary Irish farrier, by Fred Foy with Bruce Batson (WHBA: Washington Horse Breeders Association). It was fair time in Shrule, a small farming community in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. Racing in Ireland goes…