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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…
1649-1672 Coin or Token issued by Patrick Lynch
A coin issued by Patrick Lynch of Shruel (Shrewel) stored in the British Museum , item 1933,0413.959 . This is a metal alloy token , value One Penny issued by Patrick Lynch of Shrule House then situated in Shrule Grove (near Alan Dowd’s) . Tokens as this were used as local currency . The coin…