Portroe Explained

Portroe
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Tipperary
Subdivision Type4:Barony
Subdivision Name4:Owney and Arra
Subdivision Type5:Civil parish
Subdivision Name5:Castletownarra
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:461
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:52.8833°N -29°W
Postal Code Type:Eircode routing key(s)
Postal Code:E45, V94
Area Code:(+353) 067

Portroe [2] is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the R494 regional road, 3 km from the eastern shore of Lough Derg and 10 km west of the town of Nenagh. Portroe spans the townlands of Garrykennedy, Glencrue and Shesharoe.

Transport

Bus Éireann route 323 serves the village. It travels to and from Limerick and Nenagh.[3] The bus stop is situated either side of 'Portroe cross' at the bottom of the village near Gleeson's Spar.

Community

Organisations and social outlets in Portroe village include Portroe GAA and camogie clubs,[4] an Apostolic Society,[5] a church choir,[6] a Tidy Towns committee,[7] a youth club,[8] and the Arra Historical & Archaeological Society[9]

The village also participate in events like Scor na nÓg and Scor Sinsir.[10] An annual Vintage Day is held locally raising money for various charities[11]

There is a diving club situated on the outskirts of Portroe in an area called Killoran. The club use an old flooded quarry reaching depths of 39m.[12] A drama society also exists in Killoran.

Sport

Portroe GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club. A senior hurling team, representing Portroe, won their first ever North Tipperary Senior Hurling title in 2012 in McDonagh Park in Nenagh. Liam Sheedy, who played his club hurling with Portroe and inter-county hurling with Tipperary, was twice the manager of the Tipperary hurling team.

Built heritage

The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to St. Mary, and was built in 1872.[13] There is also a primary school, a Gaelic Athletic Association club, and an old handball alley next to the old primary school in Portroe. At the top of the hill is a former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built c.1830.[14] There are three housing estates in Portroe, all of which are social housing, and one ghost estate.

The community hall hosts a number of events, is used by local clubs, and rented to facilitators hosting classes. The pre-school lies adjacent to the hall also.[15]

On Loughtea Hill, one of the Arra hills south-west of Portroe, a 20 metre high stainless steel cross was erected in 2002. It was raised to mark the millennium and to replace an earlier cross placed there following the Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932).[16]

People

As of the 2016 census, Portroe had a population of 461,[1] up from 411 people as of the 1996 census.[17]

Three people from village have participated in the Rose of Tralee festival, with Portroe natives representing the county in the festival in 2008, 2009 and 2012.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Portroe . CSO . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 22 October 2019 . 25 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925142244/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=C0E49423-F0A5-4636-A1FC-23D99A6E91C4 . live .
  2. Web site: An Port Rua / Portroe . Irish Placenames Commission . logainm.ie . 24 October 2020 . 25 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925142247/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/1166584 . live .
  3. Web site: Bus Éireann - View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables. www.buseireann.ie.
  4. Web site: Facebook - Portroe GAA & Camogie .
  5. Web site: 2011-04-20 . Portroe . 2024-05-20 . www.tipperarylive.ie . en.
  6. Web site: 2011-11-26 . Portroe . 2024-05-20 . www.tipperarylive.ie . en.
  7. Web site: Facebook - Portroe Tidy Towns .
  8. Web site: Youth Work Ireland – Tipperary . 2024-05-20 . youthworktipperary.ie . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Facebook - Arra Historical & Archaeological Society .
  10. Web site: Gaa.ie . 2016-01-19 . Scór . 2024-05-20 . www.gaa.ie . en.
  11. Web site: Hospice . North Tipp . 2022-08-12 . Portroe Vintage & Parish Day . 2024-05-20 . North Tipp Hospice . en-US.
  12. Web site: Portroe Dive Centre . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517031653/http://www.diveportroe.com/ . 17 May 2014 . diveportroe.com.
  13. Web site: Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Garrykennedy, Tipperary North . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 24 October 2020 . 27 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027161049/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22401914/saint-marys-roman-catholic-church-garrykennedy-tipperary-north . live .
  14. Web site: Garrykennedy, Tipperary North . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 24 October 2020 . 27 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027030303/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22401913/garrykennedy-tipperary-north . live .
  15. Web site: Services - Preschool Services, Nenagh Silver Arch FRC . 2024-05-20 . www.silverarchfrc.ie.
  16. Web site: Lough Derg Way . everytrail.com . 24 October 2020 . A sixty-foot stainless steel cross weighing more than four tonnes was erected (2002) on Cloneybrien Hill near Portroe, to commemorate the millennium and to replace a cross that was placed on the spot to mark the Eucharistic Congress in 1932. . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081009/http://www.everytrail.com/guide/lough-derg-way . live .
  17. Web site: Portroe (Ireland) Census Town . City Population . 24 October 2020 . 26 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026223700/http://citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/tipperary/0783__portroe/ . live .